#9C8D34#9C8D34

#9C8D34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.110 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D34
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 66.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.38, -5.22, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.38, 48.10, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.95% -0.0184 0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(63.95% 0.11 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.8560, 26.3667, 7.0808)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D34 #34439C

analogous

#9C5934 #9C8D34 #779C34

triadic

#9C8D34 #349C8D #8D349C

tetradic

#9C8D34 #349C59 #34439C #9C3477

square

#9C8D34 #349C59 #34439C #9C3477

split-complementary

#9C8D34 #34779C #59349C

monochromatic

#403A15 #6E6425 #9C8D34 #C3B14A #D2C578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9C8D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#9C8D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D34

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D34	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)

#9A8929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.110 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae70',
    500: '#9c8d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d34;
$custom-light: #bcae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.346,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63946,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D34

secondary

#717CBB

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D34

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

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