#9C8A41#9C8A41

#9C8A41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.096 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A41
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 58.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.68, -2.65, 40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.68, 41.00, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0094 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.096 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7539, 25.6276, 8.6954)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A41 #41539C

analogous

#9C5C41 #9C8A41 #809C41

triadic

#9C8A41 #419C8A #8A419C

tetradic

#9C8A41 #419C5C #41539C #9C4180

square

#9C8A41 #419C5C #41539C #9C4180

split-complementary

#9C8A41 #41809C #5C419C

monochromatic

#463E1D #71642F #9C8A41 #BCA95E #CEC089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9C8A41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9C8A41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A41

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A41	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97873A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.096 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab78',
    500: '#9c8a41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a41;
$custom-light: #bcab78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.132,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63431,
    "c": 0.09579,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A41

secondary

#808BB9

accent

#6FD157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A41

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

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