#9C8A4A#9C8A4A

#9C8A4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.087 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A4A
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 74)
HSL	hsl(47, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 52.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -1.87, 36.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 36.50, 92.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0061 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.087 94)
XYZ	xyz(24.0357, 25.7403, 10.1796)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A4A #4A5C9C

analogous

#9C614A #9C8A4A #859C4A

triadic

#9C8A4A #4A9C8A #8A4A9C

tetradic

#9C8A4A #4A9C61 #4A5C9C #9C4A85

square

#9C8A4A #4A9C61 #4A5C9C #9C4A85

split-complementary

#9C8A4A #4A859C #614A9C

monochromatic

#494123 #726536 #9C8A4A #B9A76B #CCC094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8A4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9C8A4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A4A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A4A	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)

#968844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.087 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac7e',
    500: '#9c8a4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a4a;
$custom-light: #bbac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63552,
    "c": 0.08679,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.25739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A4A

secondary

#8994B8

accent

#75CC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A4A

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

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