#9C8A2B#9C8A2B

#9C8A2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.114 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A2B
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 43)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 72.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -4.10, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 50.89, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.21% -0.0163 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(63.21% 0.114 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2359, 25.4204, 5.9678)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A2B #2B3D9C

analogous

#9C512B #9C8A2B #769C2B

triadic

#9C8A2B #2B9C8A #8A2B9C

tetradic

#9C8A2B #2B9C51 #2B3D9C #9C2B76

square

#9C8A2B #2B9C51 #2B3D9C #9C2B76

split-complementary

#9C8A2B #2B769C #512B9C

monochromatic

#3C3511 #6C601E #9C8A2B #C9B23B #D6C56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9C8A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#9C8A2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A2B

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A2B	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)

#98861C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.114 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab6b',
    500: '#9c8a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a2b;
$custom-light: #bdab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.442,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6321,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A2B

secondary

#6674BD

accent

#60E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A2B

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

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