#9C8A2D#9C8A2D

#9C8A2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.113 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A2D
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 71.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, -3.99, 49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 50.08, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0157 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.113 98)
XYZ	xyz(23.2735, 25.4355, 6.1658)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A2D #2D3F9C

analogous

#9C522D #9C8A2D #779C2D

triadic

#9C8A2D #2D9C8A #8A2D9C

tetradic

#9C8A2D #2D9C52 #2D3F9C #9C2D77

square

#9C8A2D #2D9C52 #2D3F9C #9C2D77

split-complementary

#9C8A2D #2D779C #522D9C

monochromatic

#3D3612 #6D601F #9C8A2D #C8B13F #D5C56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9C8A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9C8A2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A2D

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A2D	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)

#988720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.113 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab6c',
    500: '#9c8a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a2d;
$custom-light: #bdab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63226,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.25434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A2D

secondary

#6876BC

accent

#61DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A2D

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

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