#9C862E#9C862E

#9C862E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.109 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C862E
RGB	rgb(156, 134, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.40, -1.73, 48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.40, 48.42, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.0092 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.109 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7297, 24.3166, 6.0806)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C862E #2E449C

analogous

#9C4F2E #9C862E #7B9C2E

triadic

#9C862E #2E9C86 #862E9C

tetradic

#9C862E #2E9C4F #2E449C #9C2E7B

square

#9C862E #2E9C4F #2E449C #9C2E7B

split-complementary

#9C862E #2E7B9C #4F2E9C

monochromatic

#3D3512 #6D5D20 #9C862E #C7AC40 #D5C170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#9C862E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#9C862E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C862E

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C862E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C862E	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	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)

#948322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c862e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 134, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.109 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda86c',
    500: '#9c862e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c862e;
$custom-light: #bda86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c862e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62363,
    "c": 0.10876,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C862E

secondary

#6A7ABC

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C862E

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

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