#9C873A#9C873A

#9C873A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.100 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C873A
RGB	rgb(156, 135, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 62.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.78, -1.52, 43.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.78, 43.35, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0071 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.1 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1390, 24.7025, 7.5514)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C873A #3A4F9C

analogous

#9C563A #9C873A #809C3A

triadic

#9C873A #3A9C87 #873A9C

tetradic

#9C873A #3A9C56 #3A4F9C #9C3A80

square

#9C873A #3A9C56 #3A4F9C #9C3A80

split-complementary

#9C873A #3A809C #563A9C

monochromatic

#433A19 #6F6029 #9C873A #BFA854 #D0BF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#9C873A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#9C873A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C873A

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C873A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C873A	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c873a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 135, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.100 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca973',
    500: '#9c873a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c873a;
$custom-light: #bca973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c873a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62698,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C873A

secondary

#7886BA

accent

#6ED552

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C873A

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

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