#9C8B35#9C8B35

#9C8B35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.107 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B35
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 53)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 66%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.84, -4.06, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.84, 46.97, 94.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.015 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.107 98)
XYZ	xyz(23.5866, 25.7913, 7.1033)
Luminance	0.2579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B35 #35469C

analogous

#9C5735 #9C8B35 #799C35

triadic

#9C8B35 #359C8B #8B359C

tetradic

#9C8B35 #359C57 #35469C #9C3579

square

#9C8B35 #359C57 #35469C #9C3579

split-complementary

#9C8B35 #35799C #57359C

monochromatic

#413A16 #6E6225 #9C8B35 #C2AF4C #D2C37A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9C8B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B35

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B35	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)

#98882B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.107 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac70',
    500: '#9c8b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b35;
$custom-light: #bcac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.097,
    "s": 49.282,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63517,
    "c": 0.10726,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.2579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B35

secondary

#727EBA

accent

#66D94F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B35

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

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