#9C8D5E#9C8D5E

#9C8D5E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.067 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D5E
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 94)
HSL	hsl(45, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 40%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 39.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -1.42, 27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 27.16, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0028 0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.067 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2561, 26.9267, 14.4545)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D5E #5E6D9C

analogous

#9C6E5E #9C8D5E #8C9C5E

triadic

#9C8D5E #5E9C8D #8D5E9C

tetradic

#9C8D5E #5E9C6E #5E6D9C #9C5E8C

square

#9C8D5E #5E9C6E #5E6D9C #9C5E8C

split-complementary

#9C8D5E #5E8C9C #6E5E9C

monochromatic

#504830 #766A47 #9C8D5E #B4A883 #CBC3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9C8D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#9C8D5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D5E

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D5E	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.067 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae8c',
    500: '#9c8d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d5e;
$custom-light: #baae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 24.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64529,
    "c": 0.06688,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D5E

secondary

#9CA3BA

accent

#7DC167

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D5E

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

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