#9C8C2C#9C8C2C

#9C8C2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.115 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8C2C
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 71.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -5.14, 50.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 51.13, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.66% -0.0191 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(63.66% 0.115 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5441, 26.0070, 6.1621)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8C2C #2C3C9C

analogous

#9C542C #9C8C2C #749C2C

triadic

#9C8C2C #2C9C8C #8C2C9C

tetradic

#9C8C2C #2C9C54 #2C3C9C #9C2C74

square

#9C8C2C #2C9C54 #2C3C9C #9C2C74

split-complementary

#9C8C2C #2C749C #542C9C

monochromatic

#3D3611 #6C611F #9C8C2C #C8B43D #D6C76D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9C8C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#9C8C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8C2C

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8C2C	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)

#9A881D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.115 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdad6b',
    500: '#9c8c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8c2c;
$custom-light: #bdad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63657,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8C2C

secondary

#6773BD

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8C2C

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

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