#9C8A48#9C8A48

#9C8A48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.089 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A48
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 53.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -2.06, 37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 37.51, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.0069 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.089 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9693, 25.7138, 9.8303)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A48 #485A9C

analogous

#9C6048 #9C8A48 #849C48

triadic

#9C8A48 #489C8A #8A489C

tetradic

#9C8A48 #489C60 #485A9C #9C4884

square

#9C8A48 #489C60 #485A9C #9C4884

split-complementary

#9C8A48 #48849C #60489C

monochromatic

#484021 #726535 #9C8A48 #B9A868 #CDC092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9C8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A48

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A48	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)

#968842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.089 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab7d',
    500: '#9c8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a48;
$custom-light: #bbab7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63523,
    "c": 0.08886,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A48

secondary

#8792B8

accent

#73CD5B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A48

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →