#9C8D50#9C8D50

#9C8D50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.083 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D50
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 48.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -2.95, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 34.53, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0086 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.083 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6839, 26.6978, 11.4408)
Luminance	0.2670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D50 #505F9C

analogous

#9C6750 #9C8D50 #859C50

triadic

#9C8D50 #509C8D #8D509C

tetradic

#9C8D50 #509C67 #505F9C #9C5085

square

#9C8D50 #509C67 #505F9C #9C5085

split-complementary

#9C8D50 #50859C #67509C

monochromatic

#4B4427 #74683B #9C8D50 #B7A972 #CCC29B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9C8D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9C8D50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D50

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D50	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)

#988A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.083 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae82',
    500: '#9c8d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d50;
$custom-light: #bbae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.158,
    "s": 32.203,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64292,
    "c": 0.08298,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D50

secondary

#8F97B8

accent

#74C85F

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D50

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

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