#9C8D36#9C8D36

#9C8D36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.108 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D36
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 65.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, -5.09, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 47.22, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0178 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.108 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9020, 26.3851, 7.3231)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D36 #36459C

analogous

#9C5A36 #9C8D36 #789C36

triadic

#9C8D36 #369C8D #8D369C

tetradic

#9C8D36 #369C5A #36459C #9C3678

square

#9C8D36 #369C5A #36459C #9C3678

split-complementary

#9C8D36 #36789C #5A369C

monochromatic

#413B17 #6F6426 #9C8D36 #C2B14E #D1C57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9C8D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9C8D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D36

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D36	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)

#9A892C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.108 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae71',
    500: '#9c8d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d36;
$custom-light: #bcae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63966,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D36

secondary

#747EBA

accent

#64D850

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D36

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

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