#9C8D28#9C8D28

#9C8D28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.118 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D28
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, -5.88, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 53.02, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0217 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.118 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6193, 26.2720, 5.8340)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D28 #28379C

analogous

#9C5328 #9C8D28 #719C28

triadic

#9C8D28 #289C8D #8D289C

tetradic

#9C8D28 #289C53 #28379C #9C2871

square

#9C8D28 #289C53 #28379C #9C2871

split-complementary

#9C8D28 #28719C #53289C

monochromatic

#3B350F #6B611C #9C8D28 #CBB836 #D8C967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9C8D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#9C8D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D28

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D28	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)

#9B8916

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.118 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae69',
    500: '#9c8d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d28;
$custom-light: #bdae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63847,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D28

secondary

#626EBE

accent

#5AE245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D28

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

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