#9C8A4D#9C8A4D

#9C8A4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.084 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A4D
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 77)
HSL	hsl(46, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 51%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 50.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -1.59, 34.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 34.96, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.005 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.084 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1391, 25.7817, 10.7246)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A4D #4D5F9C

analogous

#9C624D #9C8A4D #869C4D

triadic

#9C8A4D #4D9C8A #8A4D9C

tetradic

#9C8A4D #4D9C62 #4D5F9C #9C4D86

square

#9C8A4D #4D9C62 #4D5F9C #9C4D86

split-complementary

#9C8A4D #4D869C #624D9C

monochromatic

#4A4225 #736639 #9C8A4D #B8A76F #CCC097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8A4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9C8A4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A4D

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A4D	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.084 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac80',
    500: '#9c8a4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a4d;
$custom-light: #bbac80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.329,
    "s": 33.906,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63596,
    "c": 0.08361,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A4D

secondary

#8C96B8

accent

#76CA5E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A4D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →