#9C8A52#9C8A52

#9C8A52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.078 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A52
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 47.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -1.09, 32.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 32.37, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.003 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.078 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3225, 25.8551, 11.6904)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A52 #52649C

analogous

#9C6552 #9C8A52 #899C52

triadic

#9C8A52 #529C8A #8A529C

tetradic

#9C8A52 #529C65 #52649C #9C5289

square

#9C8A52 #529C65 #52649C #9C5289

split-complementary

#9C8A52 #52899C #65529C

monochromatic

#4C4328 #74673D #9C8A52 #B6A675 #CBC09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9C8A52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9C8A52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A52

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A52	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)

#95884E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.078 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac83',
    500: '#9c8a52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a52;
$custom-light: #bbac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 31.092,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63674,
    "c": 0.07816,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A52

secondary

#919BB9

accent

#7AC761

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A52

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

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