#9C8530#9C8530

#9C8530 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.107 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8530
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 48)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 69.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -1.06, 47.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 47.26, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.007 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.107 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.6325, 24.0576, 6.2472)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8530 #30479C

analogous

#9C4F30 #9C8530 #7D9C30

triadic

#9C8530 #309C85 #85309C

tetradic

#9C8530 #309C4F #30479C #9C307D

square

#9C8530 #309C4F #30479C #9C307D

split-complementary

#9C8530 #307D9C #4F309C

monochromatic

#3E3513 #6D5D22 #9C8530 #C5AA44 #D4BF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9C8530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#9C8530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8530

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8530	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	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)

#938325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.107 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca86d',
    500: '#9c8530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8530;
$custom-light: #bca86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.222,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62164,
    "c": 0.10655,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8530

secondary

#6C7DBC

accent

#6ADC4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8530

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

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