#9C861E#9C861E

#9C861E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.119 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C861E
RGB	rgb(156, 134, 30)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 80.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -2.47, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 54.46, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.013 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.119 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4710, 24.2131, 4.7180)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C861E #1E349C

analogous

#9C471E #9C861E #739C1E

triadic

#9C861E #1E9C86 #861E9C

tetradic

#9C861E #1E9C47 #1E349C #9C1E73

square

#9C861E #1E9C47 #1E349C #9C1E73

split-complementary

#9C861E #1E739C #471E9C

monochromatic

#352E0A #695A14 #9C861E #CFB228 #DEC756

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9C861E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9C861E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C861E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C861E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C861E	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#958303

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c861e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 134, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.119 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda864',
    500: '#9c861e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c861e;
$custom-light: #bda864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c861e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.524,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62249,
    "c": 0.11867,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C861E

secondary

#5467C2

accent

#5BEB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C861E

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

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