#9C8D39#9C8D39

#9C8D39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D39
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 63.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.43, -4.89, 45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.43, 45.86, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0169 0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.106 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.9747, 26.4141, 7.7057)
Luminance	0.2641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D39 #39489C

analogous

#9C5C39 #9C8D39 #7A9C39

triadic

#9C8D39 #399C8D #8D399C

tetradic

#9C8D39 #399C5C #39489C #9C397A

square

#9C8D39 #399C5C #39489C #9C397A

split-complementary

#9C8D39 #397A9C #5C399C

monochromatic

#423C18 #6F6429 #9C8D39 #C0AF52 #D0C47F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9C8D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9C8D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D39

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D39	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)

#9A892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae73',
    500: '#9c8d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d39;
$custom-light: #bcae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63996,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D39

secondary

#7781BA

accent

#66D652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D39

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

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