#9C8D3C#9C8D3C

#9C8D3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.103 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D3C
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 44%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 61.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -4.68, 44.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 44.47, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% -0.0159 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.103 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0517, 26.4450, 8.1116)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D3C #3C4B9C

analogous

#9C5D3C #9C8D3C #7B9C3C

triadic

#9C8D3C #3C9C8D #8D3C9C

tetradic

#9C8D3C #3C9C5D #3C4B9C #9C3C7B

square

#9C8D3C #3C9C5D #3C4B9C #9C3C7B

split-complementary

#9C8D3C #3C7B9C #5D3C9C

monochromatic

#443D1A #70652B #9C8D3C #BEAE57 #CFC383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9C8D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9C8D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D3C

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D3C	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.103 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae75',
    500: '#9c8d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d3c;
$custom-light: #bcae75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64028,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D3C

secondary

#7A84B9

accent

#68D454

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D3C

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

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