#9C8D37#9C8D37

#9C8D37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.107 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D37
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 64.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, -5.03, 46.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 46.77, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0175 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.107 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9258, 26.3946, 7.4481)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D37 #37469C

analogous

#9C5B37 #9C8D37 #799C37

triadic

#9C8D37 #379C8D #8D379C

tetradic

#9C8D37 #379C5B #37469C #9C3779

square

#9C8D37 #379C5B #37469C #9C3779

split-complementary

#9C8D37 #37799C #5B379C

monochromatic

#423B17 #6F6427 #9C8D37 #C1B04F #D1C47C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9C8D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9C8D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D37

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D37	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	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)

#9A892D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.107 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae72',
    500: '#9c8d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d37;
$custom-light: #bcae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.089,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63976,
    "c": 0.10733,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D37

secondary

#757FBA

accent

#64D750

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D37

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

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