#9C8D51#9C8D51

#9C8D51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.082 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D51
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 81)
HSL	hsl(48, 32%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 48.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -2.85, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 34.01, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.0082 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.082 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7211, 26.7127, 11.6369)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D51 #51609C

analogous

#9C6851 #9C8D51 #869C51

triadic

#9C8D51 #519C8D #8D519C

tetradic

#9C8D51 #519C68 #51609C #9C5186

square

#9C8D51 #519C68 #51609C #9C5186

split-complementary

#9C8D51 #51869C #68519C

monochromatic

#4B4427 #74693C #9C8D51 #B7A974 #CCC29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9C8D51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9C8D51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D51

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D51	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)

#988A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.082 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae83',
    500: '#9c8d51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d51;
$custom-light: #bbae83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 31.646,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64307,
    "c": 0.08188,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D51

secondary

#9098B8

accent

#75C860

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D51

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

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