#9C8D26#9C8D26

#9C8D26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D26
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 38)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 75.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -5.98, 53.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 53.77, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0222 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5861, 26.2587, 5.6594)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D26 #26359C

analogous

#9C5226 #9C8D26 #709C26

triadic

#9C8D26 #269C8D #8D269C

tetradic

#9C8D26 #269C52 #26359C #9C2670

square

#9C8D26 #269C52 #26359C #9C2670

split-complementary

#9C8D26 #26709C #52269C

monochromatic

#3A340E #6B611A #9C8D26 #CDB932 #D9CA63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9C8D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#9C8D26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D26

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D26	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae68',
    500: '#9c8d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d26;
$custom-light: #bdae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63833,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D26

secondary

#5F6BBF

accent

#58E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D26

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

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