#9C8B48#9C8B48

#9C8B48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.090 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B48
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 53.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -2.61, 37.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 37.88, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% -0.0085 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.09 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1135, 26.0021, 9.8784)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B48 #48599C

analogous

#9C6148 #9C8B48 #839C48

triadic

#9C8B48 #489C8B #8B489C

tetradic

#9C8B48 #489C61 #48599C #9C4883

square

#9C8B48 #489C61 #48599C #9C4883

split-complementary

#9C8B48 #48839C #61489C

monochromatic

#484021 #726635 #9C8B48 #B9A968 #CDC192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9C8B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#9C8B48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B48

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B48	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.090 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac7d',
    500: '#9c8b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b48;
$custom-light: #bbac7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.857,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6374,
    "c": 0.0897,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B48

secondary

#8791B8

accent

#72CD5B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B48

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

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