#9C843B#9C843B

#9C843B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.097 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C843B
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 62.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 0.22, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 41.93, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0019 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.097 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7520, 23.8874, 7.5492)
Luminance	0.2389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C843B #3B539C

analogous

#9C543B #9C843B #839C3B

triadic

#9C843B #3B9C84 #843B9C

tetradic

#9C843B #3B9C54 #3B539C #9C3B83

square

#9C843B #3B9C54 #3B539C #9C3B83

split-complementary

#9C843B #3B839C #543B9C

monochromatic

#433919 #705E2A #9C843B #BFA555 #D0BC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9C843B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#9C843B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C843B

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C843B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C843B	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	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)

#918233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c843b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.097 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca774',
    500: '#9c843b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c843b;
$custom-light: #bca774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c843b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.155,
    "s": 45.116,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62062,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C843B

secondary

#7989B9

accent

#73D553

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C843B

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

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