#9C8D27#9C8D27

#9C8D27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D27
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -5.93, 53.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 53.40, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.84% -0.0219 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(63.84% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6025, 26.2653, 5.7455)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D27 #27369C

analogous

#9C5227 #9C8D27 #709C27

triadic

#9C8D27 #279C8D #8D279C

tetradic

#9C8D27 #279C52 #27369C #9C2770

square

#9C8D27 #279C52 #27369C #9C2770

split-complementary

#9C8D27 #27709C #52279C

monochromatic

#3A340F #6B611B #9C8D27 #CCB934 #D8CA65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9C8D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#9C8D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D27

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D27	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)

#9B8914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae69',
    500: '#9c8d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d27;
$custom-light: #bdae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.308,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6384,
    "c": 0.11898,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D27

secondary

#616DBE

accent

#59E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D27

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

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