#9C8D33#9C8D33

#9C8D33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; 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	#9C8D33
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 67.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -5.28, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 48.54, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0187 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.111 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8338, 26.3578, 6.9635)
Luminance	0.2636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D33 #33429C

analogous

#9C5933 #9C8D33 #769C33

triadic

#9C8D33 #339C8D #8D339C

tetradic

#9C8D33 #339C59 #33429C #9C3376

square

#9C8D33 #339C59 #33429C #9C3376

split-complementary

#9C8D33 #33769C #59339C

monochromatic

#403A15 #6E6324 #9C8D33 #C3B249 #D3C577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9C8D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#9C8D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D33

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D33	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)

#9A8927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.111 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6f',
    500: '#9c8d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d33;
$custom-light: #bcae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63937,
    "c": 0.11056,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D33

secondary

#707BBB

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D33

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

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