#9C8B24#9C8B24

#9C8B24 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.119 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B24
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 36)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 76.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -4.98, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 53.86, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.0195 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.119 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.2625, 25.6617, 5.3966)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B24 #24359C

analogous

#9C4F24 #9C8B24 #719C24

triadic

#9C8B24 #249C8B #8B249C

tetradic

#9C8B24 #249C4F #24359C #9C2471

square

#9C8B24 #249C4F #24359C #9C2471

split-complementary

#9C8B24 #24719C #4F249C

monochromatic

#39320D #6A5F19 #9C8B24 #CEB72F #DAC960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9C8B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B24

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B24	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	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)

#99870F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.119 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac67',
    500: '#9c8b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b24;
$custom-light: #bdac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63379,
    "c": 0.11914,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B24

secondary

#5C6ABF

accent

#59E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B24

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

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