#9C8D59#9C8D59

#9C8D59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.073 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D59
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 42.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -2.00, 29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 29.82, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0049 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.073 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0390, 26.8398, 13.3109)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D59 #59689C

analogous

#9C6B59 #9C8D59 #899C59

triadic

#9C8D59 #599C8D #8D599C

tetradic

#9C8D59 #599C6B #59689C #9C5989

square

#9C8D59 #599C6B #59689C #9C5989

split-complementary

#9C8D59 #59899C #6B599C

monochromatic

#4E472D #756A43 #9C8D59 #B5A87D #CBC2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9C8D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#9C8D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D59

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D59	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B905B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.073 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae88',
    500: '#9c8d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d59;
$custom-light: #baae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.567,
    "s": 27.347,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64439,
    "c": 0.07279,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D59

secondary

#989FB9

accent

#7AC464

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D59

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

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