#9C8720#9C8720

#9C8720 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.118 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8720
RGB	rgb(156, 135, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -2.95, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 54.07, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.48% -0.0142 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(62.48% 0.118 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6362, 24.5014, 4.9032)
Luminance	0.2450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8720 #20359C

analogous

#9C4920 #9C8720 #739C20

triadic

#9C8720 #209C87 #87209C

tetradic

#9C8720 #209C49 #20359C #9C2073

square

#9C8720 #209C49 #20359C #9C2073

split-complementary

#9C8720 #20739C #49209C

monochromatic

#362F0B #695B16 #9C8720 #CFB32A #DDC759

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#9C8720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#9C8720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8720

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8720	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)

#958407

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 135, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.118 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda965',
    500: '#9c8720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8720;
$custom-light: #bda965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62478,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8720

secondary

#5769C1

accent

#5CE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8720

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

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