#9C8E27#9C8E27

#9C8E27 is a light, moderate 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	#9C8E27
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -6.48, 53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 53.72, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0235 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.12 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7506, 26.5615, 5.7949)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E27 #27359C

analogous

#9C5427 #9C8E27 #6F9C27

triadic

#9C8E27 #279C8E #8E279C

tetradic

#9C8E27 #279C54 #27359C #9C276F

square

#9C8E27 #279C54 #27359C #9C276F

split-complementary

#9C8E27 #276F9C #54279C

monochromatic

#3A350F #6B611B #9C8E27 #CCBA34 #D8CB65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9C8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E27

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E27	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)

#9C8A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.120 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae69',
    500: '#9c8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e27;
$custom-light: #bdae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.821,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64061,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E27

secondary

#616CBE

accent

#58E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E27

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

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