#9C8B4A#9C8B4A

#9C8B4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.088 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B4A
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 74)
HSL	hsl(48, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 52.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -2.43, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 36.86, 93.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.0077 0.0873)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.088 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1798, 26.0286, 10.2276)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B4A #4A5B9C

analogous

#9C624A #9C8B4A #849C4A

triadic

#9C8B4A #4A9C8B #8B4A9C

tetradic

#9C8B4A #4A9C62 #4A5B9C #9C4A84

square

#9C8B4A #4A9C62 #4A5B9C #9C4A84

split-complementary

#9C8B4A #4A849C #624A9C

monochromatic

#494123 #726636 #9C8B4A #B9A86B #CCC194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9C8B4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#9C8B4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B4A

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B4A	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.088 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac7e',
    500: '#9c8b4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b4a;
$custom-light: #bbac7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.561,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63768,
    "c": 0.08763,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B4A

secondary

#8993B8

accent

#73CC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B4A

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

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