#9C8628#9C8628

#9C8628 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.113 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8628
RGB	rgb(156, 134, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -2.04, 50.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 50.86, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.0108 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.113 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.6196, 24.2725, 5.5007)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8628 #283E9C

analogous

#9C4C28 #9C8628 #789C28

triadic

#9C8628 #289C86 #86289C

tetradic

#9C8628 #289C4C #283E9C #9C2878

square

#9C8628 #289C4C #283E9C #9C2878

split-complementary

#9C8628 #28789C #4C289C

monochromatic

#3B320F #6B5C1C #9C8628 #CBAF36 #D8C267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9C8628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#9C8628 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8628

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8628	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)

#948319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 134, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.113 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda869',
    500: '#9c8628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8628;
$custom-light: #bda869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62314,
    "c": 0.1129,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8628

secondary

#6273BE

accent

#63E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F07

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8628

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

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