#9C8B2B#9C8B2B

#9C8B2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.115 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B2B
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 72.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.76, -4.64, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.76, 51.21, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0178 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.115 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3801, 25.7087, 6.0158)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B2B #2B3C9C

analogous

#9C522B #9C8B2B #759C2B

triadic

#9C8B2B #2B9C8B #8B2B9C

tetradic

#9C8B2B #2B9C52 #2B3C9C #9C2B75

square

#9C8B2B #2B9C52 #2B3C9C #9C2B75

split-complementary

#9C8B2B #2B759C #522B9C

monochromatic

#3C3611 #6C601E #9C8B2B #C9B43B #D6C66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9C8B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B2B

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B2B	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)

#99871C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.115 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac6b',
    500: '#9c8b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b2b;
$custom-light: #bdac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.973,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63429,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B2B

secondary

#6673BD

accent

#5FE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B2B

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

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