#9C852D#9C852D

#9C852D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.109 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C852D
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 71.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.12, -1.23, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.12, 48.54, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.14% -0.0079 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(62.14% 0.109 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5726, 24.0337, 5.9321)
Luminance	0.2403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C852D #2D449C

analogous

#9C4E2D #9C852D #7B9C2D

triadic

#9C852D #2D9C85 #852D9C

tetradic

#9C852D #2D9C4E #2D449C #9C2D7B

square

#9C852D #2D9C4E #2D449C #9C2D7B

split-complementary

#9C852D #2D7B9C #4E2D9C

monochromatic

#3D3412 #6D5D1F #9C852D #C8AB3F #D5C06E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#9C852D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#9C852D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C852D

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C852D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C852D	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c852d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.109 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda86b',
    500: '#9c852d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c852d;
$custom-light: #bda86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c852d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.568,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62137,
    "c": 0.10877,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C852D

secondary

#687ABC

accent

#68DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C852D

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

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