#9C8A3E#9C8A3E

#9C8A3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.099 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A3E
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 60.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.65, -2.88, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.65, 42.45, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.0105 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.099 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.6692, 25.5938, 8.2498)
Luminance	0.2559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A3E #3E509C

analogous

#9C5B3E #9C8A3E #7F9C3E

triadic

#9C8A3E #3E9C8A #8A3E9C

tetradic

#9C8A3E #3E9C5B #3E509C #9C3E7F

square

#9C8A3E #3E9C5B #3E509C #9C3E7F

split-complementary

#9C8A3E #3E7F9C #5B3E9C

monochromatic

#443D1B #70632D #9C8A3E #BDAA5A #CFC186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9C8A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9C8A3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A3E

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A3E	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)

#978736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.099 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab76',
    500: '#9c8a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a3e;
$custom-light: #bcab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63395,
    "c": 0.09861,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A3E

secondary

#7D88B9

accent

#6DD355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A3E

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

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