#9C8420#9C8420

#9C8420 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.116 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8420
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 32)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -1.29, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 53.26, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0095 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.116 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2235, 23.6760, 4.7656)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8420 #20389C

analogous

#9C4620 #9C8420 #769C20

triadic

#9C8420 #209C84 #84209C

tetradic

#9C8420 #209C46 #20389C #9C2076

square

#9C8420 #209C46 #20389C #9C2076

split-complementary

#9C8420 #20769C #46209C

monochromatic

#362E0B #695916 #9C8420 #CFAF2A #DDC459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#9C8420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#9C8420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8420

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8420	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938109

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.116 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda764',
    500: '#9c8420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8420;
$custom-light: #bda764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61826,
    "c": 0.11627,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8420

secondary

#576BC1

accent

#60E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8420

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

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