#9C8B32#9C8B32

#9C8B32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.110 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B32
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 67.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -4.25, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 48.29, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.0159 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.11 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.5197, 25.7646, 6.7512)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B32 #32439C

analogous

#9C5632 #9C8B32 #789C32

triadic

#9C8B32 #329C8B #8B329C

tetradic

#9C8B32 #329C56 #32439C #9C3278

square

#9C8B32 #329C56 #32439C #9C3278

split-complementary

#9C8B32 #32789C #56329C

monochromatic

#3F3814 #6E6223 #9C8B32 #C4B047 #D3C475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9C8B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B32

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B32	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)

#988727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.110 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac6f',
    500: '#9c8b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b32;
$custom-light: #bcac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 51.456,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63489,
    "c": 0.10963,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B32

secondary

#6F7BBB

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B32

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

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