#9C8520#9C8520

#9C8520 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.117 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8520
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 32)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -1.84, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 53.53, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0111 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.117 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3598, 23.9485, 4.8110)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8520 #20379C

analogous

#9C4720 #9C8520 #759C20

triadic

#9C8520 #209C85 #85209C

tetradic

#9C8520 #209C47 #20379C #9C2075

square

#9C8520 #209C47 #20379C #9C2075

split-complementary

#9C8520 #20759C #47209C

monochromatic

#362E0B #695A16 #9C8520 #CFB02A #DDC559

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9C8520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#9C8520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8520

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8520	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)

#948209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.117 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda864',
    500: '#9c8520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8520;
$custom-light: #bda864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.871,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62043,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8520

secondary

#576AC1

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8520

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

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