#9C8A4C#9C8A4C

#9C8A4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.085 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A4C
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 51.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -1.69, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 35.48, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0053 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.085 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.1041, 25.7677, 10.5401)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A4C #4C5E9C

analogous

#9C624C #9C8A4C #869C4C

triadic

#9C8A4C #4C9C8A #8A4C9C

tetradic

#9C8A4C #4C9C62 #4C5E9C #9C4C86

square

#9C8A4C #4C9C62 #4C5E9C #9C4C86

split-complementary

#9C8A4C #4C869C #624C9C

monochromatic

#4A4124 #736638 #9C8A4C #B8A76D #CCC096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8A4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9C8A4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A4C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A4C	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)

#968847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.085 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac7f',
    500: '#9c8a4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a4c;
$custom-light: #bbac7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63581,
    "c": 0.08468,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A4C

secondary

#8B96B8

accent

#76CB5D

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A4C

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

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