#9C8A42#9C8A42

#9C8A42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.095 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A42
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 57.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -2.57, 40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 40.51, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0091 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.095 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7831, 25.6393, 8.8493)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A42 #42549C

analogous

#9C5D42 #9C8A42 #819C42

triadic

#9C8A42 #429C8A #8A429C

tetradic

#9C8A42 #429C5D #42549C #9C4281

square

#9C8A42 #429C5D #42549C #9C4281

split-complementary

#9C8A42 #42819C #5D429C

monochromatic

#463E1E #716430 #9C8A42 #BCA960 #CEC08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9C8A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9C8A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A42

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A42	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)

#96873B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.095 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab79',
    500: '#9c8a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a42;
$custom-light: #bbab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63444,
    "c": 0.09483,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A42

secondary

#818CB9

accent

#70D057

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A42

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

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