#9C8D2F#9C8D2F

#9C8D2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.114 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D2F
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 69.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -5.52, 49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 50.24, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.0199 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.114 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.7493, 26.3240, 6.5188)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D2F #2F3E9C

analogous

#9C562F #9C8D2F #759C2F

triadic

#9C8D2F #2F9C8D #8D2F9C

tetradic

#9C8D2F #2F9C56 #2F3E9C #9C2F75

square

#9C8D2F #2F9C56 #2F3E9C #9C2F75

split-complementary

#9C8D2F #2F759C #562F9C

monochromatic

#3E3813 #6D6221 #9C8D2F #C6B442 #D4C771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9C8D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#9C8D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D2F

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D2F	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)

#9A8922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.114 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6d',
    500: '#9c8d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d2f;
$custom-light: #bcae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 53.695,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63902,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D2F

secondary

#6B76BC

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D2F

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

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