#9C8A45#9C8A45

#9C8A45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.092 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A45
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 55.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -2.32, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 39.02, 93.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.008 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.092 95)
XYZ	xyz(23.8739, 25.6756, 9.3274)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A45 #45579C

analogous

#9C5F45 #9C8A45 #839C45

triadic

#9C8A45 #459C8A #8A459C

tetradic

#9C8A45 #459C5F #45579C #9C4583

square

#9C8A45 #459C5F #45579C #9C4583

split-complementary

#9C8A45 #45839C #5F459C

monochromatic

#473F1F #726432 #9C8A45 #BAA864 #CDC08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9C8A45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A45

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A45	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)

#96873F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.092 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab7b',
    500: '#9c8a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a45;
$custom-light: #bbab7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63483,
    "c": 0.09189,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.25675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A45

secondary

#848FB9

accent

#71CF59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A45

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

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