#9C8D2B#9C8D2B

#9C8D2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.116 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D2B
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 72.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.31, -5.74, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.31, 51.86, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0209 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.116 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6723, 26.2932, 6.1132)
Luminance	0.2629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D2B #2B3A9C

analogous

#9C552B #9C8D2B #739C2B

triadic

#9C8D2B #2B9C8D #8D2B9C

tetradic

#9C8D2B #2B9C55 #2B3A9C #9C2B73

square

#9C8D2B #2B9C55 #2B3A9C #9C2B73

split-complementary

#9C8D2B #2B739C #552B9C

monochromatic

#3C3611 #6C621E #9C8D2B #C9B63B #D6C86B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9C8D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#9C8D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D2B

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D2B	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)

#9B891C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.116 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae6b',
    500: '#9c8d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d2b;
$custom-light: #bdae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.035,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63869,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D2B

secondary

#6671BD

accent

#5CE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D2B

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

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