#9C8D43#9C8D43

#9C8D43 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.096 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D43
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 40%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 57.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -4.13, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 41.10, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0135 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.096 98)
XYZ	xyz(24.2492, 26.5239, 9.1514)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D43 #43529C

analogous

#9C6043 #9C8D43 #7E9C43

triadic

#9C8D43 #439C8D #8D439C

tetradic

#9C8D43 #439C60 #43529C #9C437E

square

#9C8D43 #439C60 #43529C #9C437E

split-complementary

#9C8D43 #437E9C #60439C

monochromatic

#46401E #716631 #9C8D43 #BBAC61 #CEC28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9C8D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D43

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D43	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)

#998A3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.096 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae79',
    500: '#9c8d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d43;
$custom-light: #bbae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.888,
    "s": 39.91,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64111,
    "c": 0.09648,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.26523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D43

secondary

#828BB9

accent

#6CD058

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D43

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

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