#9C8A53#9C8A53

#9C8A53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.077 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A53
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(45, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 46.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -0.99, 31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 31.85, 91.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0026 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.077 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3608, 25.8704, 11.8922)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A53 #53659C

analogous

#9C6553 #9C8A53 #8A9C53

triadic

#9C8A53 #539C8A #8A539C

tetradic

#9C8A53 #539C65 #53659C #9C538A

square

#9C8A53 #539C65 #53659C #9C538A

split-complementary

#9C8A53 #538A9C #65539C

monochromatic

#4C4328 #74673E #9C8A53 #B6A676 #CBC09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9C8A53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9C8A53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A53

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A53	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)

#95884F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8D55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6827D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.077 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac84',
    500: '#9c8a53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a53;
$custom-light: #bbac84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6369,
    "c": 0.07704,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A53

secondary

#929CB9

accent

#7AC761

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A53

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

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