#9C8D60#9C8D60

#9C8D60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.064 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D60
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 38.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -1.18, 26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 26.09, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.002 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.064 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.3470, 26.9631, 14.9333)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D60 #606F9C

analogous

#9C6F60 #9C8D60 #8D9C60

triadic

#9C8D60 #609C8D #8D609C

tetradic

#9C8D60 #609C6F #606F9C #9C608D

square

#9C8D60 #609C6F #606F9C #9C608D

split-complementary

#9C8D60 #608D9C #6F609C

monochromatic

#504931 #766B49 #9C8D60 #B4A885 #CBC3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9C8D60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#9C8D60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D60

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D60	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)

#968B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.064 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae8d',
    500: '#9c8d60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d60;
$custom-light: #baae8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64567,
    "c": 0.06448,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D60

secondary

#9EA5BA

accent

#7EC068

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D60

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

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