#9C862A#9C862A

#9C862A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.112 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C862A
RGB	rgb(156, 134, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -1.95, 50.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 50.07, 92.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0103 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.112 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6545, 24.2865, 5.6845)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C862A #2A409C

analogous

#9C4D2A #9C862A #799C2A

triadic

#9C862A #2A9C86 #862A9C

tetradic

#9C862A #2A9C4D #2A409C #9C2A79

square

#9C862A #2A9C4D #2A409C #9C2A79

split-complementary

#9C862A #2A799C #4D2A9C

monochromatic

#3C3310 #6C5D1D #9C862A #CAAE39 #D7C26A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#9C862A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#9C862A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C862A

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C862A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C862A	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94831C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c862a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 134, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.112 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda86a',
    500: '#9c862a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c862a;
$custom-light: #bda86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c862a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6233,
    "c": 0.11156,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C862A

secondary

#6576BD

accent

#65E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C862A

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

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