#9C8E2C#9C8E2C

#9C8E2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.117 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E2C
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 71.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -6.23, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 51.80, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.1% -0.0222 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(64.1% 0.117 101)
XYZ	xyz(23.8390, 26.5968, 6.2604)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E2C #2C3A9C

analogous

#9C562C #9C8E2C #729C2C

triadic

#9C8E2C #2C9C8E #8E2C9C

tetradic

#9C8E2C #2C9C56 #2C3A9C #9C2C72

square

#9C8E2C #2C9C56 #2C3A9C #9C2C72

split-complementary

#9C8E2C #2C729C #562C9C

monochromatic

#3D3711 #6C631F #9C8E2C #C8B73D #D6C96D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9C8E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E2C

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E2C	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)

#9C8A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.117 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae6c',
    500: '#9c8e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e2c;
$custom-light: #bdae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64098,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.26596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E2C

secondary

#6772BD

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E2C

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

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