#9C8A31#9C8A31

#9C8A31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.110 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A31
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 68.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -3.76, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 48.39, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.0146 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.11 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3542, 25.4678, 6.5908)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A31 #31439C

analogous

#9C5531 #9C8A31 #789C31

triadic

#9C8A31 #319C8A #8A319C

tetradic

#9C8A31 #319C55 #31439C #9C3178

square

#9C8A31 #319C55 #31439C #9C3178

split-complementary

#9C8A31 #31789C #55319C

monochromatic

#3F3814 #6D6122 #9C8A31 #C5AF45 #D3C374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9C8A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9C8A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A31

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A31	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)

#988725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.110 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6e',
    500: '#9c8a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a31;
$custom-light: #bcab6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.907,
    "s": 52.195,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63261,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A31

secondary

#6D7BBB

accent

#64DC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A31

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

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