#9C8B34#9C8B34

#9C8B34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.108 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B34
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 52)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 66.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.83, -4.13, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.83, 47.42, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.0153 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.108 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5638, 25.7822, 6.9834)
Luminance	0.2578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B34 #34459C

analogous

#9C5734 #9C8B34 #799C34

triadic

#9C8B34 #349C8B #8B349C

tetradic

#9C8B34 #349C57 #34459C #9C3479

square

#9C8B34 #349C57 #34459C #9C3479

split-complementary

#9C8B34 #34799C #57349C

monochromatic

#403915 #6E6225 #9C8B34 #C3AF4A #D2C378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9C8B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B34

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B34	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.108 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac70',
    500: '#9c8b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b34;
$custom-light: #bcac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.192,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63507,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B34

secondary

#717DBB

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B34

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

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