#9C8B3D#9C8B3D

#9C8B3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.100 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B3D
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -3.51, 43.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 43.28, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.0124 0.0996)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.1 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7862, 25.8712, 8.1547)
Luminance	0.2587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B3D #3D4E9C

analogous

#9C5B3D #9C8B3D #7E9C3D

triadic

#9C8B3D #3D9C8B #8B3D9C

tetradic

#9C8B3D #3D9C5B #3D4E9C #9C3D7E

square

#9C8B3D #3D9C5B #3D4E9C #9C3D7E

split-complementary

#9C8B3D #3D7E9C #5B3D9C

monochromatic

#443D1B #70642C #9C8B3D #BEAC58 #CFC284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9C8B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#9C8B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B3D

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B3D	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)

#988835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.100 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac75',
    500: '#9c8b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b3d;
$custom-light: #bcac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.263,
    "s": 43.779,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63602,
    "c": 0.10036,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B3D

secondary

#7C87B9

accent

#6BD454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B3D

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

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