#9C8A4F#9C8A4F

#9C8A4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.081 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A4F
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 49.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -1.40, 33.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 33.93, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0042 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.081 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2108, 25.8104, 11.1022)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A4F #4F619C

analogous

#9C634F #9C8A4F #879C4F

triadic

#9C8A4F #4F9C8A #8A4F9C

tetradic

#9C8A4F #4F9C63 #4F619C #9C4F87

square

#9C8A4F #4F9C63 #4F619C #9C4F87

split-complementary

#9C8A4F #4F879C #634F9C

monochromatic

#4B4226 #73663A #9C8A4F #B7A771 #CCC09A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9C8A4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A4F

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A4F	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)

#95884A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.081 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac81',
    500: '#9c8a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a4f;
$custom-light: #bbac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.974,
    "s": 32.766,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63626,
    "c": 0.08145,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A4F

secondary

#8E98B8

accent

#78C95F

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A4F

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

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