#9C8D52#9C8D52

#9C8D52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.081 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D52
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 47.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -2.75, 33.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 33.49, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0078 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.081 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7589, 26.7278, 11.8358)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D52 #52619C

analogous

#9C6852 #9C8D52 #869C52

triadic

#9C8D52 #529C8D #8D529C

tetradic

#9C8D52 #529C68 #52619C #9C5286

square

#9C8D52 #529C68 #52619C #9C5286

split-complementary

#9C8D52 #52869C #68529C

monochromatic

#4C4428 #74693D #9C8D52 #B6A975 #CBC29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9C8D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#9C8D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D52

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D52	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.081 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae84',
    500: '#9c8d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d52;
$custom-light: #bbae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 31.092,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64323,
    "c": 0.08078,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D52

secondary

#9199B9

accent

#75C761

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D52

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

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