#9C8A29#9C8A29

#9C8A29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.115 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A29
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 73.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.47, -4.20, 51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.47, 51.68, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(63.2% -0.0168 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.2% 0.115 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2001, 25.4061, 5.7792)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A29 #293B9C

analogous

#9C5029 #9C8A29 #749C29

triadic

#9C8A29 #299C8A #8A299C

tetradic

#9C8A29 #299C50 #293B9C #9C2974

square

#9C8A29 #299C50 #293B9C #9C2974

split-complementary

#9C8A29 #29749C #50299C

monochromatic

#3B3410 #6C5F1C #9C8A29 #CBB438 #D7C668

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9C8A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9C8A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A29

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A29	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)

#988619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.115 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab6a',
    500: '#9c8a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a29;
$custom-light: #bdab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63195,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A29

secondary

#6371BE

accent

#5FE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A29

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

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