#9C8B38#9C8B38

#9C8B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B38
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 64.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -3.87, 45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 45.61, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0141 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.105 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6577, 25.8198, 7.4782)
Luminance	0.2582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B38 #38499C

analogous

#9C5938 #9C8B38 #7B9C38

triadic

#9C8B38 #389C8B #8B389C

tetradic

#9C8B38 #389C59 #38499C #9C387B

square

#9C8B38 #389C59 #38499C #9C387B

split-complementary

#9C8B38 #387B9C #59389C

monochromatic

#423B18 #6F6328 #9C8B38 #C0AD51 #D1C37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#9C8B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B38

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B38	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)

#98882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac72',
    500: '#9c8b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b38;
$custom-light: #bcac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.8,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63547,
    "c": 0.10476,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B38

secondary

#7681BA

accent

#68D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B38

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

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