#9C8A44#9C8A44

#9C8A44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.093 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A44
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 56.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -2.40, 39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 39.52, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0084 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.093 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8431, 25.6633, 9.1653)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A44 #44569C

analogous

#9C5E44 #9C8A44 #829C44

triadic

#9C8A44 #449C8A #8A449C

tetradic

#9C8A44 #449C5E #44569C #9C4482

square

#9C8A44 #449C5E #44569C #9C4482

split-complementary

#9C8A44 #44829C #5E449C

monochromatic

#473F1F #716431 #9C8A44 #BBA962 #CDC08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9C8A44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A44

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A44	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#96873D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.093 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab7a',
    500: '#9c8a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a44;
$custom-light: #bbab7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6347,
    "c": 0.09288,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A44

secondary

#838EB9

accent

#71CF59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A44

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

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