#9C8722#9C8722

#9C8722 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.117 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8722
RGB	rgb(156, 135, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.60, -2.87, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.60, 53.38, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0138 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.117 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.6642, 24.5126, 5.0507)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8722 #22379C

analogous

#9C4A22 #9C8722 #749C22

triadic

#9C8722 #229C87 #87229C

tetradic

#9C8722 #229C4A #22379C #9C2274

square

#9C8722 #229C4A #22379C #9C2274

split-complementary

#9C8722 #22749C #4A229C

monochromatic

#38300C #6A5C17 #9C8722 #CEB22D #DCC65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#9C8722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#9C8722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8722

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8722	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)

#95840D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 135, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.117 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda966',
    500: '#9c8722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8722;
$custom-light: #bda966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6249,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8722

secondary

#5A6BC0

accent

#5DE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8722

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

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