#9C8D38#9C8D38

#9C8D38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D38
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(51, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 64.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.42, -4.96, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.42, 46.32, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% -0.0172 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.106 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.9500, 26.4042, 7.5756)
Luminance	0.2640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D38 #38479C

analogous

#9C5B38 #9C8D38 #799C38

triadic

#9C8D38 #389C8D #8D389C

tetradic

#9C8D38 #389C5B #38479C #9C3879

square

#9C8D38 #389C5B #38479C #9C3879

split-complementary

#9C8D38 #38799C #5B389C

monochromatic

#423C18 #6F6428 #9C8D38 #C0B051 #D1C47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9C8D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9C8D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D38

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D38	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)

#9A892E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae72',
    500: '#9c8d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d38;
$custom-light: #bcae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63986,
    "c": 0.10649,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D38

secondary

#7680BA

accent

#65D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D38

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

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