#9C8A3F#9C8A3F

#9C8A3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.098 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A3F
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 63)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 59.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.66, -2.81, 41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.66, 41.97, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0101 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.098 96)
XYZ	xyz(23.6969, 25.6048, 8.3957)
Luminance	0.2560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A3F #3F519C

analogous

#9C5B3F #9C8A3F #7F9C3F

triadic

#9C8A3F #3F9C8A #8A3F9C

tetradic

#9C8A3F #3F9C5B #3F519C #9C3F7F

square

#9C8A3F #3F9C5B #3F519C #9C3F7F

split-complementary

#9C8A3F #3F7F9C #5B3F9C

monochromatic

#453D1C #70632D #9C8A3F #BDAA5B #CEC187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9C8A3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9C8A3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A3F

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A3F	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)

#978737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.098 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab77',
    500: '#9c8a3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a3f;
$custom-light: #bcab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63407,
    "c": 0.09768,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.25604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A3F

secondary

#7E89B9

accent

#6ED256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A3F

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

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