#9C8D41#9C8D41

#9C8D41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.098 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D41
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 58.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.51, -4.30, 41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.51, 42.08, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0142 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.098 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1902, 26.5003, 8.8409)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D41 #41509C

analogous

#9C5F41 #9C8D41 #7D9C41

triadic

#9C8D41 #419C8D #8D419C

tetradic

#9C8D41 #419C5F #41509C #9C417D

square

#9C8D41 #419C5F #41509C #9C417D

split-complementary

#9C8D41 #417D9C #5F419C

monochromatic

#463F1D #71662F #9C8D41 #BCAD5E #CEC389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9C8D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D41

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D41	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)

#998A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.098 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae78',
    500: '#9c8d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d41;
$custom-light: #bbae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.11,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64086,
    "c": 0.0984,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D41

secondary

#8089B9

accent

#6BD157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D41

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

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