#9C851E#9C851E

#9C851E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.118 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C851E
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 30)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 80.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -1.92, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 54.20, 92.03°)
OKLab	oklab(62.03% -0.0115 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(62.03% 0.118 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3334, 23.9380, 4.6722)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C851E #1E359C

analogous

#9C461E #9C851E #749C1E

triadic

#9C851E #1E9C85 #851E9C

tetradic

#9C851E #1E9C46 #1E359C #9C1E74

square

#9C851E #1E9C46 #1E359C #9C1E74

split-complementary

#9C851E #1E749C #461E9C

monochromatic

#352D0A #695914 #9C851E #CFB128 #DEC656

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9C851E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#9C851E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C851E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C851E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C851E	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948204

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c851e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.118 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda864',
    500: '#9c851e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c851e;
$custom-light: #bda864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c851e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62031,
    "c": 0.11799,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C851E

secondary

#5468C2

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C851E

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

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