#9C8522#9C8522

#9C8522 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.116 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8522
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -1.76, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 52.83, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0106 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.116 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.3878, 23.9597, 4.9585)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8522 #22399C

analogous

#9C4822 #9C8522 #769C22

triadic

#9C8522 #229C85 #85229C

tetradic

#9C8522 #229C48 #22399C #9C2276

square

#9C8522 #229C48 #22399C #9C2276

split-complementary

#9C8522 #22769C #48229C

monochromatic

#382F0C #6A5A17 #9C8522 #CEB02D #DCC45D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9C8522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#9C8522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8522

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8522	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)

#94820E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.116 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda865',
    500: '#9c8522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8522;
$custom-light: #bda865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62055,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8522

secondary

#5A6DC0

accent

#60E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8522

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

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