#9C8331#9C8331

#9C8331 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.104 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8331
RGB	rgb(156, 131, 49)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 68.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.61, 0.11, 46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.61, 46.24, 89.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0035 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.104 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.3821, 23.5235, 6.2667)
Luminance	0.2352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8331 #314A9C

analogous

#9C4D31 #9C8331 #809C31

triadic

#9C8331 #319C83 #83319C

tetradic

#9C8331 #319C4D #314A9C #9C3180

square

#9C8331 #319C4D #314A9C #9C3180

split-complementary

#9C8331 #31809C #4D319C

monochromatic

#3F3514 #6D5C22 #9C8331 #C5A745 #D3BD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#9C8331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#9C8331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8331

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8331	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 131, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.104 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca66d',
    500: '#9c8331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8331;
$custom-light: #bca66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.981,
    "s": 52.195,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61742,
    "c": 0.10442,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8331

secondary

#6D80BB

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8331

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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