#9C8D2C#9C8D2C

#9C8D2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.116 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D2C
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 71.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.32, -5.68, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.32, 51.47, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.0207 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.116 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.6909, 26.3006, 6.2110)
Luminance	0.2630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D2C #2C3B9C

analogous

#9C552C #9C8D2C #739C2C

triadic

#9C8D2C #2C9C8D #8D2C9C

tetradic

#9C8D2C #2C9C55 #2C3B9C #9C2C73

square

#9C8D2C #2C9C55 #2C3B9C #9C2C73

split-complementary

#9C8D2C #2C739C #552C9C

monochromatic

#3D3711 #6C621F #9C8D2C #C8B63D #D6C86D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9C8D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#9C8D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D2C

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D2C	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	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)

#9B891D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.116 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae6c',
    500: '#9c8d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d2c;
$custom-light: #bdae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.964,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63877,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D2C

secondary

#6773BD

accent

#5DDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D2C

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

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