#9C8C2F#9C8C2F

#9C8C2F 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 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8C2F
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 69.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.07, -4.97, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.07, 49.90, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0183 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6025, 26.0304, 6.4699)
Luminance	0.2603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8C2F #2F3F9C

analogous

#9C562F #9C8C2F #759C2F

triadic

#9C8C2F #2F9C8C #8C2F9C

tetradic

#9C8C2F #2F9C56 #2F3F9C #9C2F75

square

#9C8C2F #2F9C56 #2F3F9C #9C2F75

split-complementary

#9C8C2F #2F759C #562F9C

monochromatic

#3E3813 #6D6221 #9C8C2F #C6B342 #D4C671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#9C8C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#9C8C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8C2F

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8C2F	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcad6d',
    500: '#9c8c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8c2f;
$custom-light: #bcad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 53.695,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63682,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8C2F

secondary

#6B77BC

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8C2F

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

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