#9C8E2B#9C8E2B

#9C8E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.117 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E2B
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 72.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.59, -6.28, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.59, 52.20, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.09% -0.0225 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(64.09% 0.117 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8204, 26.5894, 6.1626)
Luminance	0.2659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E2B #2B399C

analogous

#9C562B #9C8E2B #729C2B

triadic

#9C8E2B #2B9C8E #8E2B9C

tetradic

#9C8E2B #2B9C56 #2B399C #9C2B72

square

#9C8E2B #2B9C56 #2B399C #9C2B72

split-complementary

#9C8E2B #2B729C #562B9C

monochromatic

#3C3711 #6C621E #9C8E2B #C9B73B #D6C96B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9C8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E2B

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E2B	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.117 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae6b',
    500: '#9c8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e2b;
$custom-light: #bdae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6409,
    "c": 0.11724,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E2B

secondary

#6671BD

accent

#5BE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E2B

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

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