#9C8D32#9C8D32

#9C8D32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.111 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D32
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 67.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -5.35, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 48.97, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.019 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.111 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8119, 26.3490, 6.8486)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D32 #32419C

analogous

#9C5832 #9C8D32 #769C32

triadic

#9C8D32 #329C8D #8D329C

tetradic

#9C8D32 #329C58 #32419C #9C3276

square

#9C8D32 #329C58 #32419C #9C3276

split-complementary

#9C8D32 #32769C #58329C

monochromatic

#3F3914 #6E6323 #9C8D32 #C4B247 #D3C675

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9C8D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#9C8D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D32

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D32	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.111 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6f',
    500: '#9c8d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d32;
$custom-light: #bcae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.509,
    "s": 51.456,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63928,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D32

secondary

#6F79BB

accent

#61DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D32

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

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