#9C8B58#9C8B58

#9C8B58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.072 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B58
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 88)
HSL	hsl(45, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(45, 44%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 43.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -1.00, 29.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 29.59, 91.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0021 0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.072 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7050, 26.2387, 12.9939)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B58 #58699C

analogous

#9C6958 #9C8B58 #8B9C58

triadic

#9C8B58 #589C8B #8B589C

tetradic

#9C8B58 #589C69 #58699C #9C588B

square

#9C8B58 #589C69 #58699C #9C588B

split-complementary

#9C8B58 #588B9C #69589C

monochromatic

#4E452C #756842 #9C8B58 #B5A77C #CBC1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9C8B58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#9C8B58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B58

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B58	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6837E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.072 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baac88',
    500: '#9c8b58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b58;
$custom-light: #baac88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6399,
    "c": 0.07219,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B58

secondary

#979FB9

accent

#7CC464

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B58

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

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