#9C8A33#9C8A33

#9C8A33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.108 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A33
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 67.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -3.64, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 47.52, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.28% -0.014 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(63.28% 0.108 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3974, 25.4850, 6.8180)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A33 #33459C

analogous

#9C5533 #9C8A33 #799C33

triadic

#9C8A33 #339C8A #8A339C

tetradic

#9C8A33 #339C55 #33459C #9C3379

square

#9C8A33 #339C55 #33459C #9C3379

split-complementary

#9C8A33 #33799C #55339C

monochromatic

#403815 #6E6124 #9C8A33 #C3AE49 #D3C377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9C8A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9C8A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A33

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A33	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.108 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab6f',
    500: '#9c8a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a33;
$custom-light: #bcab6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63279,
    "c": 0.10803,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A33

secondary

#707DBB

accent

#66DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A33

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

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