#9C8A3D#9C8A3D

#9C8A3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.100 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A3D
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 60.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.64, -2.96, 42.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.64, 42.93, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0108 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.1 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6421, 25.5829, 8.1067)
Luminance	0.2558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A3D #3D4F9C

analogous

#9C5B3D #9C8A3D #7E9C3D

triadic

#9C8A3D #3D9C8A #8A3D9C

tetradic

#9C8A3D #3D9C5B #3D4F9C #9C3D7E

square

#9C8A3D #3D9C5B #3D4F9C #9C3D7E

split-complementary

#9C8A3D #3D7E9C #5B3D9C

monochromatic

#443C1B #70632C #9C8A3D #BEAB58 #CFC184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9C8A3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9C8A3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A3D

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A3D	1.00	3.43	6.12	6.12
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.100 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab75',
    500: '#9c8a3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a3d;
$custom-light: #bcab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.632,
    "s": 43.779,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63384,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A3D

secondary

#7C87B9

accent

#6CD454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A3D

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

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