#9C8B3E#9C8B3E

#9C8B3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B3E
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.92, -3.43, 42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.92, 42.80, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.0121 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.099 97)
XYZ	xyz(23.8134, 25.8820, 8.2979)
Luminance	0.2588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B3E #3E4F9C

analogous

#9C5C3E #9C8B3E #7E9C3E

triadic

#9C8B3E #3E9C8B #8B3E9C

tetradic

#9C8B3E #3E9C5C #3E4F9C #9C3E7E

square

#9C8B3E #3E9C5C #3E4F9C #9C3E7E

split-complementary

#9C8B3E #3E7E9C #5C3E9C

monochromatic

#443D1B #70642D #9C8B3E #BDAB5A #CFC286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9C8B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#9C8B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B3E

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B3E	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac76',
    500: '#9c8b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b3e;
$custom-light: #bcac76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.149,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63613,
    "c": 0.09945,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.25881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B3E

secondary

#7D88B9

accent

#6CD355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B3E

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

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