#9C8A51#9C8A51

#9C8A51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.079 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A51
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(46, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 48.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -1.20, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 32.89, 92.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0034 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.079 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2847, 25.8400, 11.4914)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A51 #51639C

analogous

#9C6551 #9C8A51 #899C51

triadic

#9C8A51 #519C8A #8A519C

tetradic

#9C8A51 #519C65 #51639C #9C5189

square

#9C8A51 #519C65 #51639C #9C5189

split-complementary

#9C8A51 #51899C #65519C

monochromatic

#4B4327 #74663C #9C8A51 #B7A774 #CCC09C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9C8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9C8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A51

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A51	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95884C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.079 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac83',
    500: '#9c8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a51;
$custom-light: #bbac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63658,
    "c": 0.07926,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A51

secondary

#909AB8

accent

#79C860

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A51

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

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