#9C8A26#9C8A26

#9C8A26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.117 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A26
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 38)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 75.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.45, -4.34, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.45, 52.82, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0175 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.117 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1498, 25.3860, 5.5140)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A26 #26389C

analogous

#9C4F26 #9C8A26 #739C26

triadic

#9C8A26 #269C8A #8A269C

tetradic

#9C8A26 #269C4F #26389C #9C2673

square

#9C8A26 #269C4F #26389C #9C2673

split-complementary

#9C8A26 #26739C #4F269C

monochromatic

#3A330E #6B5E1A #9C8A26 #CDB532 #D9C763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9C8A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9C8A26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A26

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A26	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)

#988614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.117 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab68',
    500: '#9c8a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a26;
$custom-light: #bdab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63173,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A26

secondary

#5F6EBF

accent

#5CE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A26

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

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