#9C8B3A#9C8B3A

#9C8B3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.103 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B3A
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -3.73, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 44.69, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0134 0.1022)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.103 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.7076, 25.8397, 7.7410)
Luminance	0.2584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B3A #3A4B9C

analogous

#9C5A3A #9C8B3A #7C9C3A

triadic

#9C8B3A #3A9C8B #8B3A9C

tetradic

#9C8B3A #3A9C5A #3A4B9C #9C3A7C

square

#9C8B3A #3A9C5A #3A4B9C #9C3A7C

split-complementary

#9C8B3A #3A7C9C #5A3A9C

monochromatic

#433B19 #6F6329 #9C8B3A #BFAD54 #D0C280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9C8B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9C8B3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B3A

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B3A	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#988831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.103 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac74',
    500: '#9c8b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b3a;
$custom-light: #bcac74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.592,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63568,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B3A

secondary

#7884BA

accent

#69D552

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B3A

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

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