#9C8D4E#9C8D4E

#9C8D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.085 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D4E
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 50%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -3.15, 35.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 35.56, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0094 0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.085 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.6111, 26.6687, 11.0574)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D4E #4E5D9C

analogous

#9C664E #9C8D4E #849C4E

triadic

#9C8D4E #4E9C8D #8D4E9C

tetradic

#9C8D4E #4E9C66 #4E5D9C #9C4E84

square

#9C8D4E #4E9C66 #4E5D9C #9C4E84

split-complementary

#9C8D4E #4E849C #664E9C

monochromatic

#4A4325 #73683A #9C8D4E #B7AA70 #CCC299

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9C8D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D4E

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D4E	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)

#988A49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.085 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae81',
    500: '#9c8d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d4e;
$custom-light: #bbae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64262,
    "c": 0.08517,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D4E

secondary

#8D96B8

accent

#73C95E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D4E

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

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