#9C8B36#9C8B36

#9C8B36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.106 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B36
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 65.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -4.00, 46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 46.52, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.53% -0.0147 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(63.53% 0.106 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.6098, 25.8006, 7.2257)
Luminance	0.2580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B36 #36479C

analogous

#9C5836 #9C8B36 #7A9C36

triadic

#9C8B36 #369C8B #8B369C

tetradic

#9C8B36 #369C58 #36479C #9C367A

square

#9C8B36 #369C58 #36479C #9C367A

split-complementary

#9C8B36 #367A9C #58369C

monochromatic

#413A17 #6F6226 #9C8B36 #C2AE4E #D1C37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9C8B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B36

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B36	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)

#98882C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.106 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac71',
    500: '#9c8b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b36;
$custom-light: #bcac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63527,
    "c": 0.10644,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B36

secondary

#747FBA

accent

#66D850

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B36

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

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