#9C8C58#9C8C58

#9C8C58 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.073 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8C58
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 44%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 43.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -1.56, 29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 29.96, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.21% -0.0037 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(64.21% 0.073 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8505, 26.5296, 13.0423)
Luminance	0.2653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8C58 #58689C

analogous

#9C6A58 #9C8C58 #8A9C58

triadic

#9C8C58 #589C8C #8C589C

tetradic

#9C8C58 #589C6A #58689C #9C588A

square

#9C8C58 #589C6A #58689C #9C588A

split-complementary

#9C8C58 #588A9C #6A589C

monochromatic

#4E462C #756942 #9C8C58 #B5A87C #CBC2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8C58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9C8C58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8C58

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8C58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8C58	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6847F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8c58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.073 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baad88',
    500: '#9c8c58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8c58;
$custom-light: #baad88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8c58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64206,
    "c": 0.07306,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8C58

secondary

#979FB9

accent

#7AC464

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8C58

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

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