#9C8B46#9C8B46

#9C8B46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.092 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B46
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 70)
HSL	hsl(48, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 55%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.01, -2.78, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.01, 38.88, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0092 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.092 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.0493, 25.9764, 9.5403)
Luminance	0.2597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B46 #46579C

analogous

#9C6046 #9C8B46 #829C46

triadic

#9C8B46 #469C8B #8B469C

tetradic

#9C8B46 #469C60 #46579C #9C4682

square

#9C8B46 #469C60 #46579C #9C4682

split-complementary

#9C8B46 #46829C #60469C

monochromatic

#484020 #726533 #9C8B46 #BAA965 #CDC18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9C8B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9C8B46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B46

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B46	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)

#978840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.092 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac7b',
    500: '#9c8b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b46;
$custom-light: #bbac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.14,
    "s": 38.053,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63713,
    "c": 0.09174,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B46

secondary

#858FB8

accent

#71CE5A

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B46

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

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