#9C8A3C#9C8A3C

#9C8A3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.100 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A3C
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 61.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -3.03, 43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 43.40, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0112 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.1 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6154, 25.5722, 7.9661)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A3C #3C4E9C

analogous

#9C5A3C #9C8A3C #7E9C3C

triadic

#9C8A3C #3C9C8A #8A3C9C

tetradic

#9C8A3C #3C9C5A #3C4E9C #9C3C7E

square

#9C8A3C #3C9C5A #3C4E9C #9C3C7E

split-complementary

#9C8A3C #3C7E9C #5A3C9C

monochromatic

#443C1A #70632B #9C8A3C #BEAB57 #CFC183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9C8A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#9C8A3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A3C

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A3C	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	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)

#978734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.100 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab75',
    500: '#9c8a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a3c;
$custom-light: #bcab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63372,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A3C

secondary

#7A86B9

accent

#6CD454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A3C

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

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