#9C8820#9C8820

#9C8820 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.119 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8820
RGB	rgb(156, 136, 32)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.86, -3.50, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.86, 54.36, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0157 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.119 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7764, 24.7817, 4.9499)
Luminance	0.2478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8820 #20349C

analogous

#9C4A20 #9C8820 #729C20

triadic

#9C8820 #209C88 #88209C

tetradic

#9C8820 #209C4A #20349C #9C2072

square

#9C8820 #209C4A #20349C #9C2072

split-complementary

#9C8820 #20729C #4A209C

monochromatic

#362F0B #695C16 #9C8820 #CFB42A #DDC859

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#9C8820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#9C8820 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8820

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8820	1.00	3.53	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97D74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 136, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.119 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaa65',
    500: '#9c8820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8820;
$custom-light: #bdaa65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62697,
    "c": 0.11906,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8820

secondary

#5768C1

accent

#5AE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8820

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

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