#9C841E#9C841E

#9C841E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.117 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C841E
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 30)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 80.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.75, -1.36, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.75, 53.93, 91.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0099 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.117 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.1972, 23.6655, 4.6268)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C841E #1E369C

analogous

#9C451E #9C841E #759C1E

triadic

#9C841E #1E9C84 #841E9C

tetradic

#9C841E #1E9C45 #1E369C #9C1E75

square

#9C841E #1E9C45 #1E369C #9C1E75

split-complementary

#9C841E #1E759C #451E9C

monochromatic

#352D0A #695914 #9C841E #CFAF28 #DEC456

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#9C841E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#9C841E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C841E

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C841E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C841E	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938104

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c841e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.117 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda763',
    500: '#9c841e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c841e;
$custom-light: #bda763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c841e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61814,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C841E

secondary

#5469C2

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C841E

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

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