#9C8B2C#9C8B2C

#9C8B2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.114 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B2C
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 71.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.77, -4.59, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.77, 50.81, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.0176 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.114 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3986, 25.7161, 6.1136)
Luminance	0.2571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B2C #2C3D9C

analogous

#9C532C #9C8B2C #759C2C

triadic

#9C8B2C #2C9C8B #8B2C9C

tetradic

#9C8B2C #2C9C53 #2C3D9C #9C2C75

square

#9C8B2C #2C9C53 #2C3D9C #9C2C75

split-complementary

#9C8B2C #2C759C #532C9C

monochromatic

#3D3611 #6C601F #9C8B2C #C8B33D #D6C66D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#9C8B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B2C

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B2C	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)

#99871E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.114 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac6b',
    500: '#9c8b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b2c;
$custom-light: #bdac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.893,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63437,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B2C

secondary

#6774BD

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B2C

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

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