#9C8A35#9C8A35

#9C8A35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.106 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A35
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 66%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, -3.52, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 46.63, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0134 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.106 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4424, 25.5030, 7.0553)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A35 #35479C

analogous

#9C5735 #9C8A35 #7A9C35

triadic

#9C8A35 #359C8A #8A359C

tetradic

#9C8A35 #359C57 #35479C #9C357A

square

#9C8A35 #359C57 #35479C #9C357A

split-complementary

#9C8A35 #357A9C #57359C

monochromatic

#413916 #6E6225 #9C8A35 #C2AE4C #D2C27A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9C8A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9C8A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A35

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A35	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)

#97872B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.106 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab70',
    500: '#9c8a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a35;
$custom-light: #bcab70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.515,
    "s": 49.282,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63298,
    "c": 0.10643,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A35

secondary

#727FBA

accent

#67D94F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A35

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

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