#9C8A1F#9C8A1F

#9C8A1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.121 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A1F
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 31)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 80.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.41, -4.63, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.41, 55.27, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.019 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.121 99)
XYZ	xyz(23.0473, 25.3450, 4.9742)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A1F #1F319C

analogous

#9C4C1F #9C8A1F #709C1F

triadic

#9C8A1F #1F9C8A #8A1F9C

tetradic

#9C8A1F #1F9C4C #1F319C #9C1F70

square

#9C8A1F #1F9C4C #1F319C #9C1F70

split-complementary

#9C8A1F #1F709C #4C1F9C

monochromatic

#36300B #695D15 #9C8A1F #CFB729 #DECA58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9C8A1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9C8A1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A1F

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A1F	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988603

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.121 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab65',
    500: '#9c8a1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a1f;
$custom-light: #bdab65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 66.845,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63129,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.25344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A1F

secondary

#5565C1

accent

#57EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A1F

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

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