#9C8B2E#9C8B2E

#9C8B2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.113 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B2E
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.78, -4.48, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.78, 49.99, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.017 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.113 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.4371, 25.7315, 6.3164)
Luminance	0.2573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B2E #2E3F9C

analogous

#9C542E #9C8B2E #769C2E

triadic

#9C8B2E #2E9C8B #8B2E9C

tetradic

#9C8B2E #2E9C54 #2E3F9C #9C2E76

square

#9C8B2E #2E9C54 #2E3F9C #9C2E76

split-complementary

#9C8B2E #2E769C #542E9C

monochromatic

#3D3712 #6D6120 #9C8B2E #C7B240 #D5C570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9C8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B2E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B2E	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.113 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac6c',
    500: '#9c8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b2e;
$custom-light: #bcac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.727,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63454,
    "c": 0.11263,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B2E

secondary

#6A76BC

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B2E

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

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