#9C8B29#9C8B29

#9C8B29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.116 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B29
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 73.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -4.75, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 51.99, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.0184 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.116 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.3443, 25.6944, 5.8273)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B29 #293A9C

analogous

#9C5129 #9C8B29 #739C29

triadic

#9C8B29 #299C8B #8B299C

tetradic

#9C8B29 #299C51 #293A9C #9C2973

square

#9C8B29 #299C51 #293A9C #9C2973

split-complementary

#9C8B29 #29739C #51299C

monochromatic

#3B3510 #6C601C #9C8B29 #CBB538 #D7C768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9C8B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B29

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B29	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)

#998719

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.116 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac6a',
    500: '#9c8b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b29;
$custom-light: #bdac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63414,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B29

secondary

#6371BE

accent

#5DE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B29

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

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