#9C8D40#9C8D40

#9C8D40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.099 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D40
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 59%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -4.38, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 42.56, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0145 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.099 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1615, 26.4889, 8.6897)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D40 #404F9C

analogous

#9C5F40 #9C8D40 #7D9C40

triadic

#9C8D40 #409C8D #8D409C

tetradic

#9C8D40 #409C5F #404F9C #9C407D

square

#9C8D40 #409C5F #404F9C #9C407D

split-complementary

#9C8D40 #407D9C #5F409C

monochromatic

#453F1C #71662E #9C8D40 #BCAD5D #CEC388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9C8D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D40

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D40	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#998A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.099 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae78',
    500: '#9c8d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d40;
$custom-light: #bcae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.217,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64074,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D40

secondary

#7F88B9

accent

#6AD256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D40

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

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