#9C8A34#9C8A34

#9C8A34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.107 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A34
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 66.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.55, -3.58, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.55, 47.08, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0137 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.107 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4197, 25.4939, 6.9354)
Luminance	0.2549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A34 #34469C

analogous

#9C5634 #9C8A34 #7A9C34

triadic

#9C8A34 #349C8A #8A349C

tetradic

#9C8A34 #349C56 #34469C #9C347A

square

#9C8A34 #349C56 #34469C #9C347A

split-complementary

#9C8A34 #347A9C #56349C

monochromatic

#403915 #6E6125 #9C8A34 #C3AE4A #D2C378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9C8A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9C8A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A34

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A34	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)

#978729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.107 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab70',
    500: '#9c8a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a34;
$custom-light: #bcab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63289,
    "c": 0.10723,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A34

secondary

#717EBB

accent

#66DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A34

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

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