#9C8A24#9C8A24

#9C8A24 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.118 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A24
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 76.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -4.43, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 53.55, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.018 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.118 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1184, 25.3734, 5.3486)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A24 #24369C

analogous

#9C4E24 #9C8A24 #729C24

triadic

#9C8A24 #249C8A #8A249C

tetradic

#9C8A24 #249C4E #24369C #9C2472

square

#9C8A24 #249C4E #24369C #9C2472

split-complementary

#9C8A24 #24729C #4E249C

monochromatic

#39320D #6A5E19 #9C8A24 #CEB62F #DAC860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9C8A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9C8A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A24

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A24	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)

#988610

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.118 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab67',
    500: '#9c8a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a24;
$custom-light: #bdab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6316,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A24

secondary

#5C6BBF

accent

#5BE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A24

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

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