#9C8A25#9C8A25

#9C8A25 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 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A25
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 76.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.44, -4.39, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.44, 53.19, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0178 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.118 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1339, 25.3796, 5.4301)
Luminance	0.2538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A25 #25379C

analogous

#9C4E25 #9C8A25 #739C25

triadic

#9C8A25 #259C8A #8A259C

tetradic

#9C8A25 #259C4E #25379C #9C2573

square

#9C8A25 #259C4E #25379C #9C2573

split-complementary

#9C8A25 #25739C #4E259C

monochromatic

#39320E #6B5E19 #9C8A25 #CDB631 #DAC862

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9C8A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9C8A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A25

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A25	1.00	3.46	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.118 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab68',
    500: '#9c8a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a25;
$custom-light: #bdab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63166,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A25

secondary

#5E6DBF

accent

#5CE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A25

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

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