#9C842F#9C842F

#9C842F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.107 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C842F
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 69.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -0.56, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 47.40, 90.68°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.0057 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.107 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4758, 23.7769, 6.0943)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C842F #2F479C

analogous

#9C4D2F #9C842F #7E9C2F

triadic

#9C842F #2F9C84 #842F9C

tetradic

#9C842F #2F9C4D #2F479C #9C2F7E

square

#9C842F #2F9C4D #2F479C #9C2F7E

split-complementary

#9C842F #2F7E9C #4D2F9C

monochromatic

#3E3413 #6D5C21 #9C842F #C6A942 #D4BE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9C842F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#9C842F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C842F

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C842F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C842F	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c842f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.107 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda76c',
    500: '#9c842f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c842f;
$custom-light: #bda76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c842f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.789,
    "s": 53.695,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61939,
    "c": 0.10661,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C842F

secondary

#6B7DBC

accent

#6BDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C842F

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

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