#9C8622#9C8622

#9C8622 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.117 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8622
RGB	rgb(156, 134, 34)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.32, -2.31, 53.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.32, 53.10, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0122 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.117 96)
XYZ	xyz(22.5253, 24.2349, 5.0044)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8622 #22389C

analogous

#9C4922 #9C8622 #759C22

triadic

#9C8622 #229C86 #86229C

tetradic

#9C8622 #229C49 #22389C #9C2275

square

#9C8622 #229C49 #22389C #9C2275

split-complementary

#9C8622 #22759C #49229C

monochromatic

#38300C #6A5B17 #9C8622 #CEB12D #DCC55D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9C8622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#9C8622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8622

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8622	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94830D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 134, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.117 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda866',
    500: '#9c8622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8622;
$custom-light: #bda866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.18,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62273,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.24234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8622

secondary

#5A6CC0

accent

#5FE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8622

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

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