#9C8A40#9C8A40

#9C8A40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.097 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A40
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 59%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.67, -2.73, 41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.67, 41.48, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0098 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.097 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.7251, 25.6161, 8.5442)
Luminance	0.2561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A40 #40529C

analogous

#9C5C40 #9C8A40 #809C40

triadic

#9C8A40 #409C8A #8A409C

tetradic

#9C8A40 #409C5C #40529C #9C4080

square

#9C8A40 #409C5C #40529C #9C4080

split-complementary

#9C8A40 #40809C #5C409C

monochromatic

#453D1C #71642E #9C8A40 #BCAA5D #CEC188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9C8A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.12

#9C8A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A40

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A40	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)

#978739

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.097 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab77',
    500: '#9c8a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a40;
$custom-light: #bcab77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63419,
    "c": 0.09674,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A40

secondary

#7F8AB9

accent

#6ED256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A40

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

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