#9C8B37#9C8B37

#9C8B37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.106 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B37
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.86, -3.93, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.86, 46.07, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.0144 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.106 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6335, 25.8101, 7.3507)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B37 #37489C

analogous

#9C5937 #9C8B37 #7B9C37

triadic

#9C8B37 #379C8B #8B379C

tetradic

#9C8B37 #379C59 #37489C #9C377B

square

#9C8B37 #379C59 #37489C #9C377B

split-complementary

#9C8B37 #377B9C #59379C

monochromatic

#423A17 #6F6327 #9C8B37 #C1AE4F #D1C37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9C8B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B37

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B37	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)

#98882D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.106 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac72',
    500: '#9c8b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b37;
$custom-light: #bcac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.901,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63537,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B37

secondary

#7580BA

accent

#67D750

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B37

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

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