#9C8D2A#9C8D2A

#9C8D2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.117 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D2A
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -5.79, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 52.26, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0212 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.117 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6542, 26.2859, 6.0178)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D2A #2A399C

analogous

#9C542A #9C8D2A #729C2A

triadic

#9C8D2A #2A9C8D #8D2A9C

tetradic

#9C8D2A #2A9C54 #2A399C #9C2A72

square

#9C8D2A #2A9C54 #2A399C #9C2A72

split-complementary

#9C8D2A #2A729C #542A9C

monochromatic

#3C3610 #6C611D #9C8D2A #CAB739 #D7C86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9C8D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#9C8D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D2A

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D2A	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B891A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.117 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae6a',
    500: '#9c8d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d2a;
$custom-light: #bdae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63862,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D2A

secondary

#6570BD

accent

#5BE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D2A

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

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