#9C8A2F#9C8A2F

#9C8A2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.111 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A2F
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 69.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -3.88, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 49.24, 94.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0152 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.111 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3130, 25.4513, 6.3734)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A2F #2F419C

analogous

#9C542F #9C8A2F #779C2F

triadic

#9C8A2F #2F9C8A #8A2F9C

tetradic

#9C8A2F #2F9C54 #2F419C #9C2F77

square

#9C8A2F #2F9C54 #2F419C #9C2F77

split-complementary

#9C8A2F #2F779C #542F9C

monochromatic

#3E3713 #6D6021 #9C8A2F #C6B042 #D4C471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9C8A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9C8A2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A2F

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A2F	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)

#988722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.111 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6d',
    500: '#9c8a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a2f;
$custom-light: #bcab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.092,
    "s": 53.695,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63243,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A2F

secondary

#6B78BC

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A2F

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

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