#9C8335#9C8335

#9C8335 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.101 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8335
RGB	rgb(156, 131, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 66%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, 0.36, 44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 44.44, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.0023 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.101 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4703, 23.5588, 6.7312)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8335 #354E9C

analogous

#9C4F35 #9C8335 #819C35

triadic

#9C8335 #359C83 #83359C

tetradic

#9C8335 #359C4F #354E9C #9C3581

square

#9C8335 #359C4F #354E9C #9C3581

split-complementary

#9C8335 #35819C #4F359C

monochromatic

#413616 #6E5D25 #9C8335 #C2A64C #D2BC7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#9C8335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#9C8335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8335

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8335	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91812C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978839

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 131, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.101 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca670',
    500: '#9c8335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8335;
$custom-light: #bca670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.437,
    "s": 49.282,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61782,
    "c": 0.10124,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8335

secondary

#7284BA

accent

#70D94F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8335

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

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