#9C8D49#9C8D49

#9C8D49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.090 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D49
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 53.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -3.62, 37.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 38.11, 95.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0113 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.09 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.4386, 26.5997, 10.1490)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D49 #49589C

analogous

#9C6449 #9C8D49 #819C49

triadic

#9C8D49 #499C8D #8D499C

tetradic

#9C8D49 #499C64 #49589C #9C4981

square

#9C8D49 #499C64 #49589C #9C4981

split-complementary

#9C8D49 #49819C #64499C

monochromatic

#494222 #726735 #9C8D49 #B9AB69 #CCC293

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9C8D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D49

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D49	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)

#998A43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.090 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae7d',
    500: '#9c8d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d49;
$custom-light: #bbae7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.157,
    "s": 36.245,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6419,
    "c": 0.09045,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D49

secondary

#8891B8

accent

#70CC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D49

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

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