#9C8A3A#9C8A3A

#9C8A3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.102 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A3A
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 62.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.61, -3.18, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.61, 44.34, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0118 0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.102 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5635, 25.5515, 7.6929)
Luminance	0.2555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A3A #3A4C9C

analogous

#9C593A #9C8A3A #7D9C3A

triadic

#9C8A3A #3A9C8A #8A3A9C

tetradic

#9C8A3A #3A9C59 #3A4C9C #9C3A7D

square

#9C8A3A #3A9C59 #3A4C9C #9C3A7D

split-complementary

#9C8A3A #3A7D9C #593A9C

monochromatic

#433B19 #6F6329 #9C8A3A #BFAC54 #D0C180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9C8A3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9C8A3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A3A

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A3A	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)

#978731

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.102 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab73',
    500: '#9c8a3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a3a;
$custom-light: #bcab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6335,
    "c": 0.1022,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A3A

secondary

#7884BA

accent

#6AD552

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A3A

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

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