#9C8D3F#9C8D3F

#9C8D3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.100 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D3F
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 63)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 59.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -4.45, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 43.04, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0149 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.1 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1333, 26.4776, 8.5411)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D3F #3F4E9C

analogous

#9C5F3F #9C8D3F #7C9C3F

triadic

#9C8D3F #3F9C8D #8D3F9C

tetradic

#9C8D3F #3F9C5F #3F4E9C #9C3F7C

square

#9C8D3F #3F9C5F #3F4E9C #9C3F7C

split-complementary

#9C8D3F #3F7C9C #5F3F9C

monochromatic

#453E1C #70662D #9C8D3F #BDAD5B #CEC387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9C8D3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9C8D3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D3F

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D3F	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.100 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae77',
    500: '#9c8d3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d3f;
$custom-light: #bcae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64062,
    "c": 0.10027,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D3F

secondary

#7E87B9

accent

#6AD256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D3F

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

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