#9C8526#9C8526

#9C8526 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.113 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8526
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 38)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 75.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -1.59, 51.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 51.35, 91.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0097 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.113 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4489, 23.9842, 5.2803)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8526 #263D9C

analogous

#9C4A26 #9C8526 #789C26

triadic

#9C8526 #269C85 #85269C

tetradic

#9C8526 #269C4A #263D9C #9C2678

square

#9C8526 #269C4A #263D9C #9C2678

split-complementary

#9C8526 #26789C #4A269C

monochromatic

#3A310E #6B5B1A #9C8526 #CDAF32 #D9C263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#9C8526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#9C8526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8526

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8526	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.113 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda867',
    500: '#9c8526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8526;
$custom-light: #bda867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62082,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8526

secondary

#5F72BF

accent

#63E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8526

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

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