#9C843A#9C843A

#9C843A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.098 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C843A
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 58)
HSL	hsl(45, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 62.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 0.14, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 42.41, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.05% -0.0023 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(62.05% 0.098 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7263, 23.8772, 7.4139)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C843A #3A529C

analogous

#9C533A #9C843A #839C3A

triadic

#9C843A #3A9C84 #843A9C

tetradic

#9C843A #3A9C53 #3A529C #9C3A83

square

#9C843A #3A9C53 #3A529C #9C3A83

split-complementary

#9C843A #3A839C #533A9C

monochromatic

#433919 #6F5E29 #9C843A #BFA554 #D0BC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#9C843A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#9C843A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C843A

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C843A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C843A	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c843a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.098 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca773',
    500: '#9c843a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c843a;
$custom-light: #bca773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c843a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62051,
    "c": 0.09765,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C843A

secondary

#7888BA

accent

#72D552

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C843A

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

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