#9C853E#9C853E

#9C853E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.095 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C853E
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 60.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, -0.12, 40.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 40.80, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0025 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.095 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9683, 24.1920, 8.0162)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C853E #3E559C

analogous

#9C563E #9C853E #849C3E

triadic

#9C853E #3E9C85 #853E9C

tetradic

#9C853E #3E9C56 #3E559C #9C3E84

square

#9C853E #3E9C56 #3E559C #9C3E84

split-complementary

#9C853E #3E849C #563E9C

monochromatic

#443A1B #70602D #9C853E #BDA55A #CFBD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9C853E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9C853E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C853E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C853E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C853E	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)

#928337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c853e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.095 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca876',
    500: '#9c853e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c853e;
$custom-light: #bca876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c853e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.319,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62313,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C853E

secondary

#7D8BB9

accent

#74D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C853E

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

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