#9C8A3B#9C8A3B

#9C8A3B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.101 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A3B
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 62.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.62, -3.11, 43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.62, 43.88, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0115 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.101 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5892, 25.5617, 7.8282)
Luminance	0.2556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A3B #3B4D9C

analogous

#9C5A3B #9C8A3B #7E9C3B

triadic

#9C8A3B #3B9C8A #8A3B9C

tetradic

#9C8A3B #3B9C5A #3B4D9C #9C3B7E

square

#9C8A3B #3B9C5A #3B4D9C #9C3B7E

split-complementary

#9C8A3B #3B7E9C #5A3B9C

monochromatic

#433B19 #70632A #9C8A3B #BFAB55 #D0C182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#9C8A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9C8A3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A3B

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A3B	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)

#978732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.101 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab74',
    500: '#9c8a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a3b;
$custom-light: #bcab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.866,
    "s": 45.116,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63361,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A3B

secondary

#7985B9

accent

#6BD553

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A3B

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

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