#9C8B2F#9C8B2F

#9C8B2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.112 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B2F
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 69.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, -4.43, 49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 49.57, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.0168 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.112 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4571, 25.7395, 6.4214)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B2F #2F409C

analogous

#9C542F #9C8B2F #779C2F

triadic

#9C8B2F #2F9C8B #8B2F9C

tetradic

#9C8B2F #2F9C54 #2F409C #9C2F77

square

#9C8B2F #2F9C54 #2F409C #9C2F77

split-complementary

#9C8B2F #2F779C #542F9C

monochromatic

#3E3713 #6D6121 #9C8B2F #C6B242 #D4C571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#9C8B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9C8B2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B2F

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B2F	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)

#998722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.112 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac6d',
    500: '#9c8b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b2f;
$custom-light: #bcac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.642,
    "s": 53.695,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63462,
    "c": 0.11189,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B2F

secondary

#6B78BC

accent

#62DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B2F

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

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