#9C8A49#9C8A49

#9C8A49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.088 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A49
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 53.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -1.97, 36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 37.01, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0065 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.088 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0022, 25.7270, 10.0035)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A49 #495B9C

analogous

#9C6049 #9C8A49 #859C49

triadic

#9C8A49 #499C8A #8A499C

tetradic

#9C8A49 #499C60 #495B9C #9C4985

square

#9C8A49 #499C60 #495B9C #9C4985

split-complementary

#9C8A49 #49859C #60499C

monochromatic

#494022 #726535 #9C8A49 #B9A869 #CCC093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9C8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A49

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A49	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.088 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac7d',
    500: '#9c8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a49;
$custom-light: #bbac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.988,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63537,
    "c": 0.08782,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A49

secondary

#8893B8

accent

#74CC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A49

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

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