#9C8B31#9C8B31

#9C8B31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.110 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B31
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 68.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -4.31, 48.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 48.72, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.48% -0.0162 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(63.48% 0.11 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.4984, 25.7560, 6.6388)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B31 #31429C

analogous

#9C5531 #9C8B31 #789C31

triadic

#9C8B31 #319C8B #8B319C

tetradic

#9C8B31 #319C55 #31429C #9C3178

square

#9C8B31 #319C55 #31429C #9C3178

split-complementary

#9C8B31 #31789C #55319C

monochromatic

#3F3814 #6D6222 #9C8B31 #C5B145 #D3C474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9C8B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B31

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B31	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	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)

#988725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.110 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac6e',
    500: '#9c8b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b31;
$custom-light: #bcac6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.467,
    "s": 52.195,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6348,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B31

secondary

#6D7ABB

accent

#63DC4C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B31

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

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