#9C8A38#9C8A38

#9C8A38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.104 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A38
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 64.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.59, -3.32, 45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.59, 45.27, 94.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% -0.0125 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.104 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5136, 25.5315, 7.4301)
Luminance	0.2553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A38 #384A9C

analogous

#9C5838 #9C8A38 #7C9C38

triadic

#9C8A38 #389C8A #8A389C

tetradic

#9C8A38 #389C58 #384A9C #9C387C

square

#9C8A38 #389C58 #384A9C #9C387C

split-complementary

#9C8A38 #387C9C #58389C

monochromatic

#423A18 #6F6228 #9C8A38 #C0AC51 #D1C27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9C8A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9C8A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A38

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A38	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.104 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab72',
    500: '#9c8a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a38;
$custom-light: #bcab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63329,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A38

secondary

#7682BA

accent

#69D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A38

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

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