#9C8B44#9C8B44

#9C8B44 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.094 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B44
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 68)
HSL	hsl(48, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 56.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -2.95, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 39.88, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.01 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.094 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9872, 25.9516, 9.2134)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B44 #44559C

analogous

#9C5F44 #9C8B44 #819C44

triadic

#9C8B44 #449C8B #8B449C

tetradic

#9C8B44 #449C5F #44559C #9C4481

square

#9C8B44 #449C5F #44559C #9C4481

split-complementary

#9C8B44 #44819C #5F449C

monochromatic

#473F1F #716531 #9C8B44 #BBAA62 #CDC18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9C8B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9C8B44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B44

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B44	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97883D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.094 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac7a',
    500: '#9c8b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b44;
$custom-light: #bbac7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.409,
    "s": 39.286,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63687,
    "c": 0.09373,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B44

secondary

#838EB9

accent

#70CF59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B44

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

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