#9C862F#9C862F

#9C862F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.108 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C862F
RGB	rgb(156, 134, 47)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 69.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -1.67, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 47.99, 92.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0089 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.108 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7496, 24.3246, 6.1856)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C862F #2F459C

analogous

#9C502F #9C862F #7C9C2F

triadic

#9C862F #2F9C86 #862F9C

tetradic

#9C862F #2F9C50 #2F459C #9C2F7C

square

#9C862F #2F9C50 #2F459C #9C2F7C

split-complementary

#9C862F #2F7C9C #502F9C

monochromatic

#3E3513 #6D5E21 #9C862F #C6AB42 #D4C071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#9C862F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#9C862F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C862F

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C862F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C862F	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)

#948323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c862f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 134, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.108 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca86d',
    500: '#9c862f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c862f;
$custom-light: #bca86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c862f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.89,
    "s": 53.695,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62371,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C862F

secondary

#6B7BBC

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C862F

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

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