#9C8D4A#9C8D4A

#9C8D4A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.089 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D4A
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 52.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -3.53, 37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 37.61, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0109 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.089 97)
XYZ	xyz(24.4720, 26.6131, 10.3250)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D4A #4A599C

analogous

#9C644A #9C8D4A #829C4A

triadic

#9C8D4A #4A9C8D #8D4A9C

tetradic

#9C8D4A #4A9C64 #4A599C #9C4A82

square

#9C8D4A #4A9C64 #4A599C #9C4A82

split-complementary

#9C8D4A #4A829C #644A9C

monochromatic

#494223 #726736 #9C8D4A #B9AA6B #CCC294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8D4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9C8D4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D4A

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D4A	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)

#998A44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7847D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.089 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae7e',
    500: '#9c8d4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d4a;
$custom-light: #bbae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.024,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64204,
    "c": 0.08941,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.26612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D4A

secondary

#8992B8

accent

#71CC5C

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D4A

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

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