#9C852A#9C852A

#9C852A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.111 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C852A
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, -1.39, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 49.78, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0087 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.111 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5169, 24.0114, 5.6387)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C852A #2A419C

analogous

#9C4C2A #9C852A #7A9C2A

triadic

#9C852A #2A9C85 #852A9C

tetradic

#9C852A #2A9C4C #2A419C #9C2A7A

square

#9C852A #2A9C4C #2A419C #9C2A7A

split-complementary

#9C852A #2A7A9C #4C2A9C

monochromatic

#3C3310 #6C5C1D #9C852A #CAAD39 #D7C16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#9C852A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#9C852A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C852A

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C852A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C852A	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)

#93821C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c852a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.111 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda86a',
    500: '#9c852a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c852a;
$custom-light: #bda86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c852a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.895,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62113,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C852A

secondary

#6576BD

accent

#66E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C852A

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

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