#9C853A#9C853A

#9C853A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.098 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C853A
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 62.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.24, -0.41, 42.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.24, 42.71, 90.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0039 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.098 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8626, 24.1497, 7.4593)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C853A #3A519C

analogous

#9C543A #9C853A #829C3A

triadic

#9C853A #3A9C85 #853A9C

tetradic

#9C853A #3A9C54 #3A519C #9C3A82

square

#9C853A #3A9C54 #3A519C #9C3A82

split-complementary

#9C853A #3A829C #543A9C

monochromatic

#433919 #6F5F29 #9C853A #BFA654 #D0BD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9C853A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#9C853A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C853A

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C853A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C853A	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c853a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.098 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca873',
    500: '#9c853a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c853a;
$custom-light: #bca873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c853a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.918,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62266,
    "c": 0.09835,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C853A

secondary

#7888BA

accent

#71D552

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C853A

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

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