#9C8A2C#9C8A2C

#9C8A2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.113 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A2C
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 71.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, -4.04, 50.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 50.49, 94.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.016 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.113 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.2545, 25.4279, 6.0656)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A2C #2C3E9C

analogous

#9C522C #9C8A2C #769C2C

triadic

#9C8A2C #2C9C8A #8A2C9C

tetradic

#9C8A2C #2C9C52 #2C3E9C #9C2C76

square

#9C8A2C #2C9C52 #2C3E9C #9C2C76

split-complementary

#9C8A2C #2C769C #522C9C

monochromatic

#3D3611 #6C601F #9C8A2C #C8B23D #D6C56D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9C8A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9C8A2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A2C

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A2C	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98871E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.113 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab6b',
    500: '#9c8a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a2c;
$custom-light: #bdab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63218,
    "c": 0.11323,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A2C

secondary

#6775BD

accent

#61DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A2C

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

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