#9C8A50#9C8A50

#9C8A50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.080 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A50
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 80)
HSL	hsl(46, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 48.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -1.30, 33.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 33.41, 92.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0038 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.08 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2475, 25.8251, 11.2954)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A50 #50629C

analogous

#9C6450 #9C8A50 #889C50

triadic

#9C8A50 #509C8A #8A509C

tetradic

#9C8A50 #509C64 #50629C #9C5088

square

#9C8A50 #509C64 #50629C #9C5088

split-complementary

#9C8A50 #50889C #64509C

monochromatic

#4B4227 #74663B #9C8A50 #B7A772 #CCC09B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9C8A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A50

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A50	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)

#95884B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.080 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac82',
    500: '#9c8a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a50;
$custom-light: #bbac82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63642,
    "c": 0.08036,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A50

secondary

#8F99B8

accent

#78C85F

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A50

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

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