#9C8D4F#9C8D4F

#9C8D4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.084 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D4F
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 49.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -3.05, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 35.05, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.009 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.084 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6472, 26.6831, 11.2477)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D4F #4F5E9C

analogous

#9C664F #9C8D4F #849C4F

triadic

#9C8D4F #4F9C8D #8D4F9C

tetradic

#9C8D4F #4F9C66 #4F5E9C #9C4F84

square

#9C8D4F #4F9C66 #4F5E9C #9C4F84

split-complementary

#9C8D4F #4F849C #664F9C

monochromatic

#4B4426 #73683A #9C8D4F #B7A971 #CCC29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9C8D4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9C8D4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D4F

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D4F	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.084 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae82',
    500: '#9c8d4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d4f;
$custom-light: #bbae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.312,
    "s": 32.766,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64277,
    "c": 0.08408,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D4F

secondary

#8E97B8

accent

#74C95F

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D4F

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

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