#9C8A47#9C8A47

#9C8A47 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.090 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A47
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 71)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 54.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -2.14, 37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 38.02, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0073 0.0896)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.09 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9370, 25.7009, 9.6599)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A47 #47599C

analogous

#9C6047 #9C8A47 #849C47

triadic

#9C8A47 #479C8A #8A479C

tetradic

#9C8A47 #479C60 #47599C #9C4784

square

#9C8A47 #479C60 #47599C #9C4784

split-complementary

#9C8A47 #47849C #60479C

monochromatic

#484021 #726534 #9C8A47 #BAA867 #CDC091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9C8A47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A47

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A47	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)

#968741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.090 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab7c',
    500: '#9c8a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a47;
$custom-light: #bbab7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.294,
    "s": 37.445,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6351,
    "c": 0.08987,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A47

secondary

#8691B8

accent

#73CD5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A47

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

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