#9C871E#9C871E

#9C871E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.119 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C871E
RGB	rgb(156, 135, 30)
HSL	hsl(50, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(50, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 80.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.58, -3.02, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.58, 54.74, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0146 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.119 97)
XYZ	xyz(22.6098, 24.4908, 4.7643)
Luminance	0.2449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C871E #1E339C

analogous

#9C481E #9C871E #729C1E

triadic

#9C871E #1E9C87 #871E9C

tetradic

#9C871E #1E9C48 #1E339C #9C1E72

square

#9C871E #1E9C48 #1E339C #9C1E72

split-complementary

#9C871E #1E729C #481E9C

monochromatic

#352E0A #695B14 #9C871E #CFB328 #DEC856

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#9C871E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#9C871E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C871E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C871E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C871E	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968402

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97C73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c871e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 135, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.119 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda964',
    500: '#9c871e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c871e;
$custom-light: #bda964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c871e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62467,
    "c": 0.11937,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.2449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C871E

secondary

#5466C2

accent

#5AEB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C871E

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

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