#9C853D#9C853D

#9C853D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.096 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C853D
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 60.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -0.19, 41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 41.28, 90.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.0028 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.096 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9412, 24.1811, 7.8730)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C853D #3D549C

analogous

#9C563D #9C853D #839C3D

triadic

#9C853D #3D9C85 #853D9C

tetradic

#9C853D #3D9C56 #3D549C #9C3D83

square

#9C853D #3D9C56 #3D549C #9C3D83

split-complementary

#9C853D #3D839C #563D9C

monochromatic

#443A1B #705F2C #9C853D #BEA558 #CFBD84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9C853D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9C853D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C853D

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C853D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C853D	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c853d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.096 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca875',
    500: '#9c853d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c853d;
$custom-light: #bca875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c853d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.474,
    "s": 43.779,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62301,
    "c": 0.09566,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C853D

secondary

#7C8AB9

accent

#73D454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C853D

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

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