#9C8337#9C8337

#9C8337 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.100 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8337
RGB	rgb(156, 131, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, 0.49, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 43.52, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0017 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.1 91)
XYZ	xyz(22.5173, 23.5776, 6.9786)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8337 #37509C

analogous

#9C5137 #9C8337 #839C37

triadic

#9C8337 #379C83 #83379C

tetradic

#9C8337 #379C51 #37509C #9C3783

square

#9C8337 #379C51 #37509C #9C3783

split-complementary

#9C8337 #37839C #51379C

monochromatic

#423717 #6F5D27 #9C8337 #C1A54F #D1BC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#9C8337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#9C8337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8337

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8337	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91812F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97883A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 131, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.100 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca671',
    500: '#9c8337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8337;
$custom-light: #bca671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.149,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61803,
    "c": 0.09956,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.23576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8337

secondary

#7586BA

accent

#72D750

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8337

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

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