#9C873C#9C873C

#9C873C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.098 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C873C
RGB	rgb(156, 135, 60)
HSL	hsl(47, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 61.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.80, -1.38, 42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.80, 42.40, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0064 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.098 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1909, 24.7233, 7.8246)
Luminance	0.2472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C873C #3C519C

analogous

#9C573C #9C873C #819C3C

triadic

#9C873C #3C9C87 #873C9C

tetradic

#9C873C #3C9C57 #3C519C #9C3C81

square

#9C873C #3C9C57 #3C519C #9C3C81

split-complementary

#9C873C #3C819C #573C9C

monochromatic

#443B1A #70612B #9C873C #BEA857 #CFBF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9C873C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#9C873C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C873C

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C873C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C873C	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)

#948534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c873c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 135, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.098 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca975',
    500: '#9c873c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c873c;
$custom-light: #bca975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c873c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62721,
    "c": 0.09804,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C873C

secondary

#7A88B9

accent

#70D454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#120F08

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C873C

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

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