#9C8E26#9C8E26

#9C8E26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.120 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E26
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 38)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 75.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, -6.52, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 54.09, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0237 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.12 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7343, 26.5549, 5.7088)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E26 #26349C

analogous

#9C5326 #9C8E26 #6F9C26

triadic

#9C8E26 #269C8E #8E269C

tetradic

#9C8E26 #269C53 #26349C #9C266F

square

#9C8E26 #269C53 #26349C #9C266F

split-complementary

#9C8E26 #266F9C #53269C

monochromatic

#3A340E #6B611A #9C8E26 #CDBB32 #D9CB63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8E26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9C8E26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E26

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E26	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.120 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae68',
    500: '#9c8e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e26;
$custom-light: #bdae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64054,
    "c": 0.12043,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E26

secondary

#5F6ABF

accent

#57E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E26

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

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