#9C8A43#9C8A43

#9C8A43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.094 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A43
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 57.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, -2.49, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 40.01, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0087 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.094 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8128, 25.6512, 9.0060)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A43 #43559C

analogous

#9C5D43 #9C8A43 #819C43

triadic

#9C8A43 #439C8A #8A439C

tetradic

#9C8A43 #439C5D #43559C #9C4381

square

#9C8A43 #439C5D #43559C #9C4381

split-complementary

#9C8A43 #43819C #5D439C

monochromatic

#463E1E #716431 #9C8A43 #BBA961 #CEC08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9C8A43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9C8A43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A43

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A43	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)

#96873C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.094 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab79',
    500: '#9c8a43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a43;
$custom-light: #bbab79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.865,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63457,
    "c": 0.09386,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A43

secondary

#828DB9

accent

#70D058

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A43

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

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