#9C843C#9C843C

#9C843C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.096 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C843C
RGB	rgb(156, 132, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 61.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 0.29, 41.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 41.45, 89.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0016 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.096 91)
XYZ	xyz(22.7782, 23.8979, 7.6871)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C843C #3C549C

analogous

#9C543C #9C843C #849C3C

triadic

#9C843C #3C9C84 #843C9C

tetradic

#9C843C #3C9C54 #3C549C #9C3C84

square

#9C843C #3C9C54 #3C549C #9C3C84

split-complementary

#9C843C #3C849C #543C9C

monochromatic

#44391A #705F2B #9C843C #BEA457 #CFBC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9C843C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#9C843C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C843C

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C843C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C843C	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)

#918235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97893F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c843c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 132, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.096 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca774',
    500: '#9c843c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c843c;
$custom-light: #bca774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c843c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62074,
    "c": 0.09587,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.23897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C843C

secondary

#7A8AB9

accent

#74D454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C843C

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

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