#9C8D3E#9C8D3E

#9C8D3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.101 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D3E
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 60.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -4.53, 43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 43.52, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0152 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.101 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.1056, 26.4665, 8.3953)
Luminance	0.2646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D3E #3E4D9C

analogous

#9C5E3E #9C8D3E #7C9C3E

triadic

#9C8D3E #3E9C8D #8D3E9C

tetradic

#9C8D3E #3E9C5E #3E4D9C #9C3E7C

square

#9C8D3E #3E9C5E #3E4D9C #9C3E7C

split-complementary

#9C8D3E #3E7C9C #5E3E9C

monochromatic

#443E1B #70652D #9C8D3E #BDAD5A #CFC386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9C8D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9C8D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D3E

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D3E	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)

#9A8A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.101 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae76',
    500: '#9c8d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d3e;
$custom-light: #bcae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.426,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64051,
    "c": 0.1012,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D3E

secondary

#7D86B9

accent

#69D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D3E

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

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