#9C8528#9C8528

#9C8528 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.112 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8528
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, -1.49, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 50.58, 91.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.1% -0.0092 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.1% 0.112 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4820, 23.9974, 5.4549)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8528 #283F9C

analogous

#9C4B28 #9C8528 #799C28

triadic

#9C8528 #289C85 #85289C

tetradic

#9C8528 #289C4B #283F9C #9C2879

square

#9C8528 #289C4B #283F9C #9C2879

split-complementary

#9C8528 #28799C #4B289C

monochromatic

#3B320F #6B5B1C #9C8528 #CBAE36 #D8C167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#9C8528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#9C8528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8528

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8528	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)

#938219

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.112 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda869',
    500: '#9c8528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8528;
$custom-light: #bda869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.103,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62097,
    "c": 0.11219,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8528

secondary

#6274BE

accent

#65E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8528

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

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