#9C8B4B#9C8B4B

#9C8B4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.087 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B4B
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 52%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 51.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.08, -2.33, 36.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.08, 36.35, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0073 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.087 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2137, 26.0422, 10.4064)
Luminance	0.2604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B4B #4B5C9C

analogous

#9C624B #9C8B4B #859C4B

triadic

#9C8B4B #4B9C8B #8B4B9C

tetradic

#9C8B4B #4B9C62 #4B5C9C #9C4B85

square

#9C8B4B #4B9C62 #4B5C9C #9C4B85

split-complementary

#9C8B4B #4B859C #624B9C

monochromatic

#494123 #736637 #9C8B4B #B8A86C #CCC195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9C8B4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#9C8B4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B4B

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B4B	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)

#978845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.087 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac7f',
    500: '#9c8b4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b4b;
$custom-light: #bbac7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.407,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63783,
    "c": 0.08658,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B4B

secondary

#8A94B8

accent

#74CB5D

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B4B

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

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