#9C873B#9C873B

#9C873B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.099 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C873B
RGB	rgb(156, 135, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 62.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, -1.45, 42.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 42.87, 91.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0067 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.099 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.1647, 24.7128, 7.6867)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C873B #3B509C

analogous

#9C563B #9C873B #819C3B

triadic

#9C873B #3B9C87 #873B9C

tetradic

#9C873B #3B9C56 #3B509C #9C3B81

square

#9C873B #3B9C56 #3B509C #9C3B81

split-complementary

#9C873B #3B819C #563B9C

monochromatic

#433A19 #70612A #9C873B #BFA855 #D0BF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9C873B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#9C873B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C873B

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C873B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C873B	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	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)

#948533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c873b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 135, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.099 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca974',
    500: '#9c873b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c873b;
$custom-light: #bca974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c873b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.01,
    "s": 45.116,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62709,
    "c": 0.09894,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C873B

secondary

#7987B9

accent

#6FD553

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C873B

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

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