#9C8B28#9C8B28

#9C8B28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.117 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B28
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -4.79, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 52.38, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0186 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.117 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3270, 25.6875, 5.7365)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B28 #28399C

analogous

#9C5128 #9C8B28 #739C28

triadic

#9C8B28 #289C8B #8B289C

tetradic

#9C8B28 #289C51 #28399C #9C2873

square

#9C8B28 #289C51 #28399C #9C2873

split-complementary

#9C8B28 #28739C #51289C

monochromatic

#3B340F #6B601C #9C8B28 #CBB536 #D8C767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9C8B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B28

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B28	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998717

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.117 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac69',
    500: '#9c8b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b28;
$custom-light: #bdac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63407,
    "c": 0.1167,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B28

secondary

#626FBE

accent

#5CE245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B28

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

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