#9C851F#9C851F

#9C851F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.117 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C851F
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 31)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 80.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -1.88, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 53.87, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0113 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.117 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3464, 23.9432, 4.7405)
Luminance	0.2394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C851F #1F369C

analogous

#9C471F #9C851F #759C1F

triadic

#9C851F #1F9C85 #851F9C

tetradic

#9C851F #1F9C47 #1F369C #9C1F75

square

#9C851F #1F9C47 #1F369C #9C1F75

split-complementary

#9C851F #1F759C #471F9C

monochromatic

#362E0B #695915 #9C851F #CFB129 #DEC558

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9C851F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#9C851F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C851F

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C851F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C851F	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)

#948206

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c851f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.117 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda864',
    500: '#9c851f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c851f;
$custom-light: #bda864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c851f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.96,
    "s": 66.845,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62037,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C851F

secondary

#5569C1

accent

#5EEA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C851F

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

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