#9C883C#9C883C

#9C883C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.099 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C883C
RGB	rgb(156, 136, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 61.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, -1.93, 42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 42.73, 92.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.008 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.099 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3311, 25.0036, 7.8713)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C883C #3C509C

analogous

#9C583C #9C883C #809C3C

triadic

#9C883C #3C9C88 #883C9C

tetradic

#9C883C #3C9C58 #3C509C #9C3C80

square

#9C883C #3C9C58 #3C509C #9C3C80

split-complementary

#9C883C #3C809C #583C9C

monochromatic

#443B1A #70612B #9C883C #BEA957 #CFBF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#9C883C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#9C883C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C883C

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C883C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C883C	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c883c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 136, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.099 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaa75',
    500: '#9c883c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c883c;
$custom-light: #bcaa75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c883c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62937,
    "c": 0.09881,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C883C

secondary

#7A88B9

accent

#6ED454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C883C

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

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