#9C8B4D#9C8B4D

#9C8B4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.084 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B4D
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 77)
HSL	hsl(47, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 51%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 50.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -2.14, 35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 35.33, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0066 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.084 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2833, 26.0700, 10.7726)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B4D #4D5E9C

analogous

#9C634D #9C8B4D #859C4D

triadic

#9C8B4D #4D9C8B #8B4D9C

tetradic

#9C8B4D #4D9C63 #4D5E9C #9C4D85

square

#9C8B4D #4D9C63 #4D5E9C #9C4D85

split-complementary

#9C8B4D #4D859C #634D9C

monochromatic

#4A4225 #736639 #9C8B4D #B8A86F #CCC197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9C8B4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#9C8B4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B4D

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B4D	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)

#968948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.084 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac80',
    500: '#9c8b4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b4d;
$custom-light: #bbac80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.089,
    "s": 33.906,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63812,
    "c": 0.08446,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B4D

secondary

#8C96B8

accent

#75CA5E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B4D

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

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