#9C8D5B#9C8D5B

#9C8D5B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.070 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D5B
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(46, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 41.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -1.77, 28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 28.76, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0041 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.07 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.1241, 26.8739, 13.7593)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D5B #5B6A9C

analogous

#9C6C5B #9C8D5B #8A9C5B

triadic

#9C8D5B #5B9C8D #8D5B9C

tetradic

#9C8D5B #5B9C6C #5B6A9C #9C5B8A

square

#9C8D5B #5B9C6C #5B6A9C #9C5B8A

split-complementary

#9C8D5B #5B8A9C #6C5B9C

monochromatic

#4F472E #756A44 #9C8D5B #B5A880 #CBC3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9C8D5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#9C8D5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D5B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D5B	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	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)

#978B57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B905D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.070 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae8a',
    500: '#9c8d5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d5b;
$custom-light: #baae8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64475,
    "c": 0.07044,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D5B

secondary

#9AA1B9

accent

#7BC365

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D5B

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

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