#9D862E#9D862E

#9D862E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.109 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D862E
RGB	rgb(157, 134, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 70.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.50, -1.28, 48.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.50, 48.54, 91.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.46% -0.0079 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(62.46% 0.109 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.9240, 24.4168, 6.0897)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D862E #2E459D

analogous

#9D4F2E #9D862E #7C9D2E

triadic

#9D862E #2E9D86 #862E9D

tetradic

#9D862E #2E9D4F #2E459D #9D2E7C

square

#9D862E #2E9D4F #2E459D #9D2E7C

split-complementary

#9D862E #2E7C9D #4F2E9D

monochromatic

#3E3512 #6E5E20 #9D862E #C7AB41 #D5C070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#9D862E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#9D862E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D862E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D862E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D862E	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d862e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 134, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.109 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda86c',
    500: '#9d862e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d862e;
$custom-light: #bda86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d862e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.568,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62464,
    "c": 0.1089,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D862E

secondary

#6A7BBD

accent

#68DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#120F07

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D862E

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

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