#9C8A4B#9C8A4B

#9C8A4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.086 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A4B
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 51.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -1.78, 35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 35.99, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0057 0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.086 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0696, 25.7539, 10.3584)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A4B #4B5D9C

analogous

#9C624B #9C8A4B #859C4B

triadic

#9C8A4B #4B9C8A #8A4B9C

tetradic

#9C8A4B #4B9C62 #4B5D9C #9C4B85

square

#9C8A4B #4B9C62 #4B5D9C #9C4B85

split-complementary

#9C8A4B #4B859C #624B9C

monochromatic

#494123 #736537 #9C8A4B #B8A76C #CCC095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8A4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9C8A4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A4B

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A4B	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#968846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.086 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac7f',
    500: '#9c8a4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a4b;
$custom-light: #bbac7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63566,
    "c": 0.08573,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A4B

secondary

#8A95B8

accent

#75CB5D

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A4B

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

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