#9C8D3A#9C8D3A

#9C8D3A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.105 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D3A
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 58)
HSL	hsl(51, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 62.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -4.82, 45.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 45.40, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.0166 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.105 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.9999, 26.4242, 7.8384)
Luminance	0.2642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D3A #3A499C

analogous

#9C5C3A #9C8D3A #7A9C3A

triadic

#9C8D3A #3A9C8D #8D3A9C

tetradic

#9C8D3A #3A9C5C #3A499C #9C3A7A

square

#9C8D3A #3A9C5C #3A499C #9C3A7A

split-complementary

#9C8D3A #3A7A9C #5C3A9C

monochromatic

#433C19 #6F6529 #9C8D3A #BFAF54 #D0C480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9C8D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#9C8D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D3A

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D3A	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)

#9A8931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.105 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae74',
    500: '#9c8d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d3a;
$custom-light: #bcae74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.816,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64007,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D3A

secondary

#7882BA

accent

#66D552

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D3A

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

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