#9C8338#9C8338

#9C8338 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.099 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8338
RGB	rgb(156, 131, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 64.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.67, 0.56, 43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.67, 43.05, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0013 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.099 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.5415, 23.5873, 7.1061)
Luminance	0.2359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8338 #38519C

analogous

#9C5138 #9C8338 #839C38

triadic

#9C8338 #389C83 #83389C

tetradic

#9C8338 #389C51 #38519C #9C3883

square

#9C8338 #389C51 #38519C #9C3883

split-complementary

#9C8338 #38839C #51389C

monochromatic

#423718 #6F5D28 #9C8338 #C0A551 #D1BC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#9C8338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#9C8338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8338

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8338	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)

#918130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97883B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 131, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.099 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca672',
    500: '#9c8338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8338;
$custom-light: #bca672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61814,
    "c": 0.09872,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8338

secondary

#7687BA

accent

#72D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8338

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

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