#9C8B39#9C8B39

#9C8B39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B39
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 63.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -3.80, 44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 45.15, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.0137 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.104 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6824, 25.8297, 7.6083)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B39 #394A9C

analogous

#9C5A39 #9C8B39 #7C9C39

triadic

#9C8B39 #399C8B #8B399C

tetradic

#9C8B39 #399C5A #394A9C #9C397C

square

#9C8B39 #399C5A #394A9C #9C397C

split-complementary

#9C8B39 #397C9C #5A399C

monochromatic

#423B18 #6F6329 #9C8B39 #C0AD52 #D0C27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9C8B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9C8B39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B39

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B39	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac73',
    500: '#9c8b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b39;
$custom-light: #bcac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.697,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63558,
    "c": 0.1039,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B39

secondary

#7782BA

accent

#68D652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B39

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

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