#9C8B3C#9C8B3C

#9C8B3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.101 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B3C
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 61.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.90, -3.58, 43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.90, 43.75, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0128 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.101 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7595, 25.8605, 8.0142)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B3C #3C4D9C

analogous

#9C5B3C #9C8B3C #7D9C3C

triadic

#9C8B3C #3C9C8B #8B3C9C

tetradic

#9C8B3C #3C9C5B #3C4D9C #9C3C7D

square

#9C8B3C #3C9C5B #3C4D9C #9C3C7D

split-complementary

#9C8B3C #3C7D9C #5B3C9C

monochromatic

#443C1A #70642B #9C8B3C #BEAC57 #CFC283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9C8B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9C8B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B3C

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B3C	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)

#988834

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.101 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac75',
    500: '#9c8b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b3c;
$custom-light: #bcac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.375,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63591,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B3C

secondary

#7A86B9

accent

#6AD454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B3C

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

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