#9C8B45#9C8B45

#9C8B45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.093 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B45
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.00, -2.87, 39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.00, 39.38, 94.18°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% -0.0096 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.093 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0180, 25.9639, 9.3755)
Luminance	0.2596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B45 #45569C

analogous

#9C6045 #9C8B45 #829C45

triadic

#9C8B45 #459C8B #8B459C

tetradic

#9C8B45 #459C60 #45569C #9C4582

square

#9C8B45 #459C60 #45569C #9C4582

split-complementary

#9C8B45 #45829C #60459C

monochromatic

#473F1F #726532 #9C8B45 #BAA964 #CDC18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9C8B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9C8B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B45

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B45	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)

#97883E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.093 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac7b',
    500: '#9c8b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b45;
$custom-light: #bbac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.276,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.637,
    "c": 0.09274,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B45

secondary

#848EB9

accent

#70CF59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B45

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

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