#9C8A28#9C8A28

#9C8A28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.116 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A28
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -4.25, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 52.07, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.19% -0.017 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(63.19% 0.116 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1829, 25.3992, 5.6885)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A28 #283A9C

analogous

#9C5028 #9C8A28 #749C28

triadic

#9C8A28 #289C8A #8A289C

tetradic

#9C8A28 #289C50 #283A9C #9C2874

square

#9C8A28 #289C50 #283A9C #9C2874

split-complementary

#9C8A28 #28749C #50289C

monochromatic

#3B340F #6B5F1C #9C8A28 #CBB436 #D8C667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9C8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9C8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A28

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A28	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)

#988617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.116 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab69',
    500: '#9c8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a28;
$custom-light: #bdab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63187,
    "c": 0.1159,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A28

secondary

#6270BE

accent

#5EE245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A28

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

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