#9C8C2E#9C8C2E

#9C8C2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.113 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8C2E
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, -5.03, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 50.32, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0186 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.5826, 26.0224, 6.3649)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8C2E #2E3E9C

analogous

#9C552E #9C8C2E #759C2E

triadic

#9C8C2E #2E9C8C #8C2E9C

tetradic

#9C8C2E #2E9C55 #2E3E9C #9C2E75

square

#9C8C2E #2E9C55 #2E3E9C #9C2E75

split-complementary

#9C8C2E #2E759C #552E9C

monochromatic

#3D3712 #6D6220 #9C8C2E #C7B340 #D5C670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9C8C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#9C8C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8C2E

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8C2E	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	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)

#9A8821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcad6d',
    500: '#9c8c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8c2e;
$custom-light: #bcad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.273,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63673,
    "c": 0.11346,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8C2E

secondary

#6A76BC

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8C2E

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

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