#9C8D5D#9C8D5D

#9C8D5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.068 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D5D
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 40.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -1.54, 27.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 27.69, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0033 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.068 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.2115, 26.9089, 14.2197)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D5D #5D6C9C

analogous

#9C6E5D #9C8D5D #8C9C5D

triadic

#9C8D5D #5D9C8D #8D5D9C

tetradic

#9C8D5D #5D9C6E #5D6C9C #9C5D8C

square

#9C8D5D #5D9C6E #5D6C9C #9C5D8C

split-complementary

#9C8D5D #5D8C9C #6E5D9C

monochromatic

#4F482F #766A46 #9C8D5D #B4A882 #CBC3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9C8D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#9C8D5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D5D

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D5D	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B905F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.068 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae8b',
    500: '#9c8d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d5d;
$custom-light: #baae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 25.301,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64511,
    "c": 0.06808,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D5D

secondary

#9BA3B9

accent

#7CC266

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D5D

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

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