#9C842C#9C842C

#9C842C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.109 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C842C
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 71.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.84, -0.73, 48.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.84, 48.67, 90.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% -0.0066 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.109 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4174, 23.7536, 5.7865)
Luminance	0.2375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C842C #2C449C

analogous

#9C4C2C #9C842C #7C9C2C

triadic

#9C842C #2C9C84 #842C9C

tetradic

#9C842C #2C9C4C #2C449C #9C2C7C

square

#9C842C #2C9C4C #2C449C #9C2C7C

split-complementary

#9C842C #2C7C9C #4C2C9C

monochromatic

#3D3311 #6C5C1F #9C842C #C8AA3D #D6BF6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9C842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#9C842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C842C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C842C	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.109 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda76b',
    500: '#9c842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c842c;
$custom-light: #bda76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61913,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C842C

secondary

#6779BD

accent

#69DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C842C

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

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