#9C8B26#9C8B26

#9C8B26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B26
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 38)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 75.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.73, -4.89, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.73, 53.13, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.0191 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.118 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2939, 25.6742, 5.5620)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B26 #26379C

analogous

#9C5026 #9C8B26 #729C26

triadic

#9C8B26 #269C8B #8B269C

tetradic

#9C8B26 #269C50 #26379C #9C2672

square

#9C8B26 #269C50 #26379C #9C2672

split-complementary

#9C8B26 #26729C #50269C

monochromatic

#3A330E #6B5F1A #9C8B26 #CDB732 #D9C863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9C8B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B26

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B26	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)

#998713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac68',
    500: '#9c8b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b26;
$custom-light: #bdac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63393,
    "c": 0.11795,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B26

secondary

#5F6DBF

accent

#5BE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B26

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

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