#9C8D4D#9C8D4D

#9C8D4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.086 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D4D
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 50.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -3.25, 35.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 36.08, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(64.25% -0.0097 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(64.25% 0.086 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5755, 26.6545, 10.8701)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D4D #4D5C9C

analogous

#9C654D #9C8D4D #839C4D

triadic

#9C8D4D #4D9C8D #8D4D9C

tetradic

#9C8D4D #4D9C65 #4D5C9C #9C4D83

square

#9C8D4D #4D9C65 #4D5C9C #9C4D83

split-complementary

#9C8D4D #4D839C #654D9C

monochromatic

#4A4325 #736839 #9C8D4D #B8AA6F #CCC297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8D4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9C8D4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D4D

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D4D	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.086 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae80',
    500: '#9c8d4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d4d;
$custom-light: #bbae80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.608,
    "s": 33.906,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64247,
    "c": 0.08624,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D4D

secondary

#8C95B8

accent

#72CA5E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D4D

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

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