#9C8D2E#9C8D2E

#9C8D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.114 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D2E
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -5.58, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 50.65, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0201 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.114 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7294, 26.3160, 6.4138)
Luminance	0.2631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D2E #2E3D9C

analogous

#9C562E #9C8D2E #749C2E

triadic

#9C8D2E #2E9C8D #8D2E9C

tetradic

#9C8D2E #2E9C56 #2E3D9C #9C2E74

square

#9C8D2E #2E9C56 #2E3D9C #9C2E74

split-complementary

#9C8D2E #2E749C #562E9C

monochromatic

#3D3812 #6D6220 #9C8D2E #C7B440 #D5C770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9C8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#9C8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D2E

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D2E	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)

#9A8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.114 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6d',
    500: '#9c8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d2e;
$custom-light: #bcae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63893,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D2E

secondary

#6A75BC

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D2E

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

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