#9C8A46#9C8A46

#9C8A46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.091 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A46
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(47, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 55.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -2.23, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 38.52, 93.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0076 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.091 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9052, 25.6881, 9.4923)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A46 #46589C

analogous

#9C5F46 #9C8A46 #839C46

triadic

#9C8A46 #469C8A #8A469C

tetradic

#9C8A46 #469C5F #46589C #9C4683

square

#9C8A46 #469C5F #46589C #9C4683

split-complementary

#9C8A46 #46839C #5F469C

monochromatic

#483F20 #726533 #9C8A46 #BAA865 #CDC08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9C8A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A46

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A46	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.091 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab7b',
    500: '#9c8a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a46;
$custom-light: #bbab7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63496,
    "c": 0.09089,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A46

secondary

#8590B8

accent

#72CE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A46

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

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