#9C8A32#9C8A32

#9C8A32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.109 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A32
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 67.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -3.70, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 47.96, 94.43°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.0143 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.109 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.3756, 25.4763, 6.7031)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A32 #32449C

analogous

#9C5532 #9C8A32 #799C32

triadic

#9C8A32 #329C8A #8A329C

tetradic

#9C8A32 #329C55 #32449C #9C3279

square

#9C8A32 #329C55 #32449C #9C3279

split-complementary

#9C8A32 #32799C #55329C

monochromatic

#3F3814 #6E6123 #9C8A32 #C4AF47 #D3C375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9C8A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9C8A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A32

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A32	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)

#978727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.109 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6f',
    500: '#9c8a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a32;
$custom-light: #bcab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 51.456,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6327,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A32

secondary

#6F7CBB

accent

#65DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A32

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

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