#9C8A37#9C8A37

#9C8A37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.105 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A37
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 64.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.58, -3.38, 45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.58, 45.73, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0128 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.105 97)
XYZ	xyz(23.4894, 25.5218, 7.3026)
Luminance	0.2552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A37 #37499C

analogous

#9C5837 #9C8A37 #7C9C37

triadic

#9C8A37 #379C8A #8A379C

tetradic

#9C8A37 #379C58 #37499C #9C377C

square

#9C8A37 #379C58 #37499C #9C377C

split-complementary

#9C8A37 #377C9C #58379C

monochromatic

#423A17 #6F6227 #9C8A37 #C1AD4F #D1C27C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9C8A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#9C8A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A37

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A37	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)

#97872D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.105 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab72',
    500: '#9c8a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a37;
$custom-light: #bcab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.307,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63318,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.25521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A37

secondary

#7581BA

accent

#68D750

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A37

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

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