#9C8B4C#9C8B4C

#9C8B4C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.086 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B4C
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 51.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -2.24, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 35.84, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0069 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.086 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.2482, 26.0560, 10.5881)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B4C #4C5D9C

analogous

#9C634C #9C8B4C #859C4C

triadic

#9C8B4C #4C9C8B #8B4C9C

tetradic

#9C8B4C #4C9C63 #4C5D9C #9C4C85

square

#9C8B4C #4C9C63 #4C5D9C #9C4C85

split-complementary

#9C8B4C #4C859C #634C9C

monochromatic

#4A4224 #736638 #9C8B4C #B8A86D #CCC196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9C8B4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#9C8B4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B4C

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B4C	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)

#978947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7827C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.086 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac7f',
    500: '#9c8b4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b4c;
$custom-light: #bbac7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.25,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63797,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B4C

secondary

#8B95B8

accent

#74CB5D

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B4C

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

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