#9C8A4E#9C8A4E

#9C8A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.083 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A4E
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(46, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 50%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -1.49, 34.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 34.45, 92.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0046 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.083 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.1747, 25.7960, 10.9120)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A4E #4E609C

analogous

#9C634E #9C8A4E #879C4E

triadic

#9C8A4E #4E9C8A #8A4E9C

tetradic

#9C8A4E #4E9C63 #4E609C #9C4E87

square

#9C8A4E #4E9C63 #4E609C #9C4E87

split-complementary

#9C8A4E #4E879C #634E9C

monochromatic

#4A4225 #73663A #9C8A4E #B7A770 #CCC099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9C8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A4E

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A4E	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)

#958849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.083 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac81',
    500: '#9c8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a4e;
$custom-light: #bbac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63611,
    "c": 0.08254,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A4E

secondary

#8D97B8

accent

#77C95E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A4E

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

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