#9C8B4E#9C8B4E

#9C8B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.083 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B4E
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 50%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.12, -2.05, 34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.12, 34.81, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0062 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.083 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.3188, 26.0842, 10.9600)
Luminance	0.2608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B4E #4E5F9C

analogous

#9C644E #9C8B4E #869C4E

triadic

#9C8B4E #4E9C8B #8B4E9C

tetradic

#9C8B4E #4E9C64 #4E5F9C #9C4E86

square

#9C8B4E #4E9C64 #4E5F9C #9C4E86

split-complementary

#9C8B4E #4E869C #644E9C

monochromatic

#4A4225 #73673A #9C8B4E #B7A870 #CCC199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9C8B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#9C8B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B4E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B4E	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.083 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac81',
    500: '#9c8b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b4e;
$custom-light: #bbac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.923,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63827,
    "c": 0.08338,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B4E

secondary

#8D97B8

accent

#76C95E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B4E

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

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