#9C842E#9C842E

#9C842E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.107 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C842E
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -0.62, 47.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 47.83, 90.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.006 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.107 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4559, 23.7690, 5.9893)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C842E #2E469C

analogous

#9C4D2E #9C842E #7D9C2E

triadic

#9C842E #2E9C84 #842E9C

tetradic

#9C842E #2E9C4D #2E469C #9C2E7D

square

#9C842E #2E9C4D #2E469C #9C2E7D

split-complementary

#9C842E #2E7D9C #4D2E9C

monochromatic

#3D3412 #6D5C20 #9C842E #C7A940 #D5BF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9C842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#9C842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C842E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C842E	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)

#928222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.107 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda76c',
    500: '#9c842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c842e;
$custom-light: #bda76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.909,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6193,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C842E

secondary

#6A7CBC

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C842E

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

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