#9C8620#9C8620

#9C8620 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.118 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8620
RGB	rgb(156, 134, 32)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -2.39, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 53.80, 92.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.26% -0.0126 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(62.26% 0.118 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4973, 24.2236, 4.8569)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8620 #20369C

analogous

#9C4820 #9C8620 #749C20

triadic

#9C8620 #209C86 #86209C

tetradic

#9C8620 #209C48 #20369C #9C2074

square

#9C8620 #209C48 #20369C #9C2074

split-complementary

#9C8620 #20749C #48209C

monochromatic

#362F0B #695A16 #9C8620 #CFB22A #DDC659

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9C8620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#9C8620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8620

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8620	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)

#958308

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 134, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.118 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda865',
    500: '#9c8620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8620;
$custom-light: #bda865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6226,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8620

secondary

#576AC1

accent

#5DE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8620

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

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