#9C8B4F#9C8B4F

#9C8B4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.082 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B4F
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 49.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -1.95, 34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 34.30, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0058 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.082 94)
XYZ	xyz(24.3550, 26.0987, 11.1503)
Luminance	0.2610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B4F #4F609C

analogous

#9C644F #9C8B4F #869C4F

triadic

#9C8B4F #4F9C8B #8B4F9C

tetradic

#9C8B4F #4F9C64 #4F609C #9C4F86

square

#9C8B4F #4F9C64 #4F609C #9C4F86

split-complementary

#9C8B4F #4F869C #644F9C

monochromatic

#4B4326 #73673A #9C8B4F #B7A871 #CCC19A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9C8B4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#9C8B4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B4F

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B4F	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)

#96894A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8E51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6837D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.082 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac81',
    500: '#9c8b4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b4f;
$custom-light: #bbac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 32.766,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63842,
    "c": 0.0823,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.26098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B4F

secondary

#8E98B8

accent

#76C95F

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B4F

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

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