#9C8D45#9C8D45

#9C8D45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.095 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D45
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 39%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 55.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -3.97, 39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 40.12, 95.68°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.0128 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.095 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3102, 26.5483, 9.4729)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D45 #45549C

analogous

#9C6245 #9C8D45 #809C45

triadic

#9C8D45 #459C8D #8D459C

tetradic

#9C8D45 #459C62 #45549C #9C4580

square

#9C8D45 #459C62 #45549C #9C4580

split-complementary

#9C8D45 #45809C #62459C

monochromatic

#47401F #726732 #9C8D45 #BAAB64 #CDC28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9C8D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D45

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D45	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.095 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae7b',
    500: '#9c8d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d45;
$custom-light: #bbae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.655,
    "s": 38.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64136,
    "c": 0.09451,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D45

secondary

#848DB9

accent

#6DCF59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D45

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

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