#9C8A27#9C8A27

#9C8A27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.117 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A27
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -4.29, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 52.45, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0173 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.117 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1661, 25.3925, 5.6001)
Luminance	0.2539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A27 #27399C

analogous

#9C4F27 #9C8A27 #739C27

triadic

#9C8A27 #279C8A #8A279C

tetradic

#9C8A27 #279C4F #27399C #9C2773

square

#9C8A27 #279C4F #27399C #9C2773

split-complementary

#9C8A27 #27739C #4F279C

monochromatic

#3A330F #6B5F1B #9C8A27 #CCB534 #D8C765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9C8A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9C8A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A27

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A27	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	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)

#988616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.117 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab69',
    500: '#9c8a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a27;
$custom-light: #bdab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6318,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A27

secondary

#616FBE

accent

#5DE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A27

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

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