#9C8A2E#9C8A2E

#9C8A2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.112 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A2E
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.50, -3.94, 49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.50, 49.66, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0155 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.112 98)
XYZ	xyz(23.2930, 25.4433, 6.2684)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A2E #2E409C

analogous

#9C532E #9C8A2E #779C2E

triadic

#9C8A2E #2E9C8A #8A2E9C

tetradic

#9C8A2E #2E9C53 #2E409C #9C2E77

square

#9C8A2E #2E9C53 #2E409C #9C2E77

split-complementary

#9C8A2E #2E779C #532E9C

monochromatic

#3D3612 #6D6020 #9C8A2E #C7B140 #D5C470

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9C8A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9C8A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A2E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A2E	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)

#988721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.112 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6c',
    500: '#9c8a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a2e;
$custom-light: #bcab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63234,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.25442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A2E

secondary

#6A77BC

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A2E

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

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