#9C8B2A#9C8B2A

#9C8B2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.115 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B2A
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.75, -4.70, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.75, 51.60, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.0181 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.115 99)
XYZ	xyz(23.3620, 25.7015, 5.9204)
Luminance	0.2570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B2A #2A3B9C

analogous

#9C522A #9C8B2A #749C2A

triadic

#9C8B2A #2A9C8B #8B2A9C

tetradic

#9C8B2A #2A9C52 #2A3B9C #9C2A74

square

#9C8B2A #2A9C52 #2A3B9C #9C2A74

split-complementary

#9C8B2A #2A749C #522A9C

monochromatic

#3C3510 #6C601D #9C8B2A #CAB439 #D7C76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9C8B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B2A

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B2A	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)

#99871B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.115 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac6a',
    500: '#9c8b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b2a;
$custom-light: #bdac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.053,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63422,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B2A

secondary

#6572BD

accent

#5EE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B2A

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

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