#9C853C#9C853C

#9C853C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.097 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C853C
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 61.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.26, -0.27, 41.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.26, 41.76, 90.36°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0032 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.097 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9145, 24.1704, 7.7325)
Luminance	0.2417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C853C #3C539C

analogous

#9C553C #9C853C #839C3C

triadic

#9C853C #3C9C85 #853C9C

tetradic

#9C853C #3C9C55 #3C539C #9C3C83

square

#9C853C #3C9C55 #3C539C #9C3C83

split-complementary

#9C853C #3C839C #553C9C

monochromatic

#443A1A #705F2B #9C853C #BEA657 #CFBD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9C853C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#9C853C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C853C

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C853C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C853C	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)

#928334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c853c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.097 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca874',
    500: '#9c853c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c853c;
$custom-light: #bca874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c853c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.625,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62289,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C853C

secondary

#7A8AB9

accent

#72D454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C853C

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

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