#9C8D48#9C8D48

#9C8D48 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.091 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D48
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 53.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -3.71, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 38.62, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0117 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.091 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.4057, 26.5865, 9.9758)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D48 #48579C

analogous

#9C6348 #9C8D48 #819C48

triadic

#9C8D48 #489C8D #8D489C

tetradic

#9C8D48 #489C63 #48579C #9C4881

square

#9C8D48 #489C63 #48579C #9C4881

split-complementary

#9C8D48 #48819C #63489C

monochromatic

#484121 #726735 #9C8D48 #B9AB68 #CDC292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9C8D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D48

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D48	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.091 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae7d',
    500: '#9c8d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d48;
$custom-light: #bbae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64176,
    "c": 0.09148,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D48

secondary

#8790B8

accent

#6FCD5B

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D48

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

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