#9C8B33#9C8B33

#9C8B33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.109 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B33
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 67.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -4.19, 47.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 47.86, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0156 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.109 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5415, 25.7733, 6.8661)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B33 #33449C

analogous

#9C5633 #9C8B33 #789C33

triadic

#9C8B33 #339C8B #8B339C

tetradic

#9C8B33 #339C56 #33449C #9C3378

square

#9C8B33 #339C56 #33449C #9C3378

split-complementary

#9C8B33 #33789C #56339C

monochromatic

#403915 #6E6224 #9C8B33 #C3B049 #D3C477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9C8B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B33

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B33	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)

#988828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.109 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac6f',
    500: '#9c8b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b33;
$custom-light: #bcac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.286,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63498,
    "c": 0.10886,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B33

secondary

#707CBB

accent

#64DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B33

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

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