#9C842D#9C842D

#9C842D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.108 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C842D
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 45)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 71.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -0.68, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 48.26, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.0063 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.108 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4364, 23.7612, 5.8867)
Luminance	0.2376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C842D #2D459C

analogous

#9C4D2D #9C842D #7D9C2D

triadic

#9C842D #2D9C84 #842D9C

tetradic

#9C842D #2D9C4D #2D459C #9C2D7D

square

#9C842D #2D9C4D #2D459C #9C2D7D

split-complementary

#9C842D #2D7D9C #4D2D9C

monochromatic

#3D3412 #6D5C1F #9C842D #C8AA3F #D5BF6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9C842D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#9C842D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C842D

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C842D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C842D	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)

#928221

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c842d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.108 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda76b',
    500: '#9c842d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c842d;
$custom-light: #bda76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c842d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61921,
    "c": 0.10807,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C842D

secondary

#687BBC

accent

#6ADF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C842D

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

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