#9C8422#9C8422

#9C8422 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.115 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8422
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.77, -1.21, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.77, 52.56, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0091 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.115 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2515, 23.6872, 4.9131)
Luminance	0.2369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8422 #223A9C

analogous

#9C4722 #9C8422 #779C22

triadic

#9C8422 #229C84 #84229C

tetradic

#9C8422 #229C47 #223A9C #9C2277

square

#9C8422 #229C47 #223A9C #9C2277

split-complementary

#9C8422 #22779C #47229C

monochromatic

#382F0C #6A5917 #9C8422 #CEAF2D #DCC35D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#9C8422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#9C8422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8422

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8422	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)

#93810E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.115 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda765',
    500: '#9c8422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8422;
$custom-light: #bda765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61838,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8422

secondary

#5A6EC0

accent

#61E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8422

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

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