#9C883B#9C883B

#9C883B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.100 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C883B
RGB	rgb(156, 136, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.8%, 62.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -2.00, 43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 43.20, 92.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0083 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.1 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.3049, 24.9931, 7.7334)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C883B #3B4F9C

analogous

#9C583B #9C883B #809C3B

triadic

#9C883B #3B9C88 #883B9C

tetradic

#9C883B #3B9C58 #3B4F9C #9C3B80

square

#9C883B #3B9C58 #3B4F9C #9C3B80

split-complementary

#9C883B #3B809C #583B9C

monochromatic

#433B19 #70612A #9C883B #BFA955 #D0C082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#9C883B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#9C883B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C883B

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C883B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C883B	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)

#958533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c883b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 136, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.100 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaa74',
    500: '#9c883b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c883b;
$custom-light: #bcaa74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c883b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.629,
    "s": 45.116,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62926,
    "c": 0.09971,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C883B

secondary

#7987B9

accent

#6ED553

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C883B

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

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