#9C8A36#9C8A36

#9C8A36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.106 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A36
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 65.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, -3.45, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 46.18, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% -0.0131 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.106 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.4657, 25.5123, 7.1777)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A36 #36489C

analogous

#9C5736 #9C8A36 #7B9C36

triadic

#9C8A36 #369C8A #8A369C

tetradic

#9C8A36 #369C57 #36489C #9C367B

square

#9C8A36 #369C57 #36489C #9C367B

split-complementary

#9C8A36 #367B9C #57369C

monochromatic

#413A17 #6F6226 #9C8A36 #C2AD4E #D1C27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9C8A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9C8A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A36

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A36	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)

#97872C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.106 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab71',
    500: '#9c8a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a36;
$custom-light: #bcab71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63308,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A36

secondary

#7480BA

accent

#68D850

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A36

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

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