#9C8D56#9C8D56

#9C8D56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.076 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D56
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 44.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.78, -2.33, 31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.78, 31.40, 94.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0062 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.076 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.9155, 26.7905, 12.6609)
Luminance	0.2679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D56 #56659C

analogous

#9C6A56 #9C8D56 #889C56

triadic

#9C8D56 #569C8D #8D569C

tetradic

#9C8D56 #569C6A #56659C #9C5688

square

#9C8D56 #569C6A #56659C #9C5688

split-complementary

#9C8D56 #56889C #6A569C

monochromatic

#4D462B #756940 #9C8D56 #B6A97A #CBC2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9C8D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#9C8D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D56

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D56	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6857F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.076 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae86',
    500: '#9c8d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d56;
$custom-light: #baae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 28.926,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64388,
    "c": 0.07625,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D56

secondary

#959DB9

accent

#78C563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D56

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

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