#9C8C2A#9C8C2A

#9C8C2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8C2A
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -5.24, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 51.93, 95.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% -0.0196 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5074, 25.9924, 5.9689)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8C2A #2A3A9C

analogous

#9C532A #9C8C2A #739C2A

triadic

#9C8C2A #2A9C8C #8C2A9C

tetradic

#9C8C2A #2A9C53 #2A3A9C #9C2A73

square

#9C8C2A #2A9C53 #2A3A9C #9C2A73

split-complementary

#9C8C2A #2A739C #532A9C

monochromatic

#3C3510 #6C611D #9C8C2A #CAB639 #D7C76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9C8C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#9C8C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8C2A

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8C2A	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A881A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdad6a',
    500: '#9c8c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8c2a;
$custom-light: #bdad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63641,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8C2A

secondary

#6571BD

accent

#5DE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8C2A

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

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