#9C8D35#9C8D35

#9C8D35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.109 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D35
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 66%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.39, -5.16, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.39, 47.66, 96.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.96% -0.0181 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(63.96% 0.109 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.8788, 26.3758, 7.2007)
Luminance	0.2637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D35 #35449C

analogous

#9C5935 #9C8D35 #779C35

triadic

#9C8D35 #359C8D #8D359C

tetradic

#9C8D35 #359C59 #35449C #9C3577

square

#9C8D35 #359C59 #35449C #9C3577

split-complementary

#9C8D35 #35779C #59359C

monochromatic

#413A16 #6E6425 #9C8D35 #C2B14C #D2C57A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9C8D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9C8D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D35

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D35	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.109 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae71',
    500: '#9c8d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d35;
$custom-light: #bcae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.262,
    "s": 49.282,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63956,
    "c": 0.10897,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D35

secondary

#727DBA

accent

#63D94F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D35

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

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