#9C8C2D#9C8C2D

#9C8C2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.114 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8C2D
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 71.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -5.09, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 50.73, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0189 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.114 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5631, 26.0147, 6.2623)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8C2D #2D3D9C

analogous

#9C542D #9C8C2D #759C2D

triadic

#9C8C2D #2D9C8C #8C2D9C

tetradic

#9C8C2D #2D9C54 #2D3D9C #9C2D75

square

#9C8C2D #2D9C54 #2D3D9C #9C2D75

split-complementary

#9C8C2D #2D759C #542D9C

monochromatic

#3D3712 #6D611F #9C8C2D #C8B43F #D5C66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9C8C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#9C8C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8C2D

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8C2D	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)

#9A881F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.114 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcad6c',
    500: '#9c8c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8c2d;
$custom-light: #bcad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.351,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63665,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8C2D

secondary

#6875BC

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8C2D

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

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