#9C8728#9C8728

#9C8728 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.114 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8728
RGB	rgb(156, 135, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.63, -2.60, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.63, 51.16, 92.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.53% -0.0123 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(62.53% 0.114 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7584, 24.5503, 5.5470)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8728 #283D9C

analogous

#9C4D28 #9C8728 #779C28

triadic

#9C8728 #289C87 #87289C

tetradic

#9C8728 #289C4D #283D9C #9C2877

square

#9C8728 #289C4D #283D9C #9C2877

split-complementary

#9C8728 #28779C #4D289C

monochromatic

#3B330F #6B5D1C #9C8728 #CBB036 #D8C367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#9C8728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#9C8728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8728

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8728	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958418

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 135, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.114 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda969',
    500: '#9c8728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8728;
$custom-light: #bda969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.138,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62532,
    "c": 0.11361,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8728

secondary

#6273BE

accent

#62E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8728

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

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