#9C8B3F#9C8B3F

#9C8B3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.099 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B3F
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 59.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, -3.36, 42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 42.32, 94.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.0117 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.099 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8411, 25.8931, 8.4437)
Luminance	0.2589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B3F #3F509C

analogous

#9C5C3F #9C8B3F #7E9C3F

triadic

#9C8B3F #3F9C8B #8B3F9C

tetradic

#9C8B3F #3F9C5C #3F509C #9C3F7E

square

#9C8B3F #3F9C5C #3F509C #9C3F7E

split-complementary

#9C8B3F #3F7E9C #5C3F9C

monochromatic

#453D1C #70642D #9C8B3F #BDAB5B #CEC187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9C8B3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#9C8B3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B3F

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B3F	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)

#988837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.099 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcac77',
    500: '#9c8b3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b3f;
$custom-light: #bcac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.032,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63625,
    "c": 0.09852,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B3F

secondary

#7E89B9

accent

#6CD256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B3F

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

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