#9C8B1F#9C8B1F

#9C8B1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B1F
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 31)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 80.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -5.18, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 55.56, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.35% -0.0206 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(63.35% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1914, 25.6332, 5.0222)
Luminance	0.2563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B1F #1F309C

analogous

#9C4D1F #9C8B1F #6F9C1F

triadic

#9C8B1F #1F9C8B #8B1F9C

tetradic

#9C8B1F #1F9C4D #1F309C #9C1F6F

square

#9C8B1F #1F9C4D #1F309C #9C1F6F

split-complementary

#9C8B1F #1F6F9C #4D1F9C

monochromatic

#36300B #695E15 #9C8B1F #CFB829 #DECC58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9C8B1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9C8B1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B1F

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B1F	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998702

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac65',
    500: '#9c8b1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b1f;
$custom-light: #bdac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 66.845,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63349,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B1F

secondary

#5564C1

accent

#55EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B1F

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

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