#9C8D42#9C8D42

#9C8D42 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.097 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D42
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 41%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.52, -4.22, 41.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.52, 41.59, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0138 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.097 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2194, 26.5120, 8.9948)
Luminance	0.2651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D42 #42519C

analogous

#9C6042 #9C8D42 #7E9C42

triadic

#9C8D42 #429C8D #8D429C

tetradic

#9C8D42 #429C60 #42519C #9C427E

square

#9C8D42 #429C60 #42519C #9C427E

split-complementary

#9C8D42 #427E9C #60429C

monochromatic

#463F1E #716630 #9C8D42 #BCAC60 #CEC38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9C8D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D42

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D42	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)

#998A3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.097 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae79',
    500: '#9c8d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d42;
$custom-light: #bbae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64098,
    "c": 0.09744,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D42

secondary

#818AB9

accent

#6CD057

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D42

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

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