#9C8E28#9C8E28

#9C8E28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.119 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E28
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, -6.43, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 53.35, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.0232 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.119 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7674, 26.5682, 5.8833)
Luminance	0.2657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E28 #28369C

analogous

#9C5428 #9C8E28 #709C28

triadic

#9C8E28 #289C8E #8E289C

tetradic

#9C8E28 #289C54 #28369C #9C2870

square

#9C8E28 #289C54 #28369C #9C2870

split-complementary

#9C8E28 #28709C #54289C

monochromatic

#3B350F #6B621C #9C8E28 #CBB936 #D8CA67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9C8E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E28

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E28	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)

#9C8A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.119 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae69',
    500: '#9c8e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e28;
$custom-light: #bdae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64068,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E28

secondary

#626DBE

accent

#58E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E28

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

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