#9C8E2D#9C8E2D

#9C8E2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.116 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E2D
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 71.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -6.17, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 51.40, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.022 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.116 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8580, 26.6044, 6.3606)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E2D #2D3B9C

analogous

#9C562D #9C8E2D #739C2D

triadic

#9C8E2D #2D9C8E #8E2D9C

tetradic

#9C8E2D #2D9C56 #2D3B9C #9C2D73

square

#9C8E2D #2D9C56 #2D3B9C #9C2D73

split-complementary

#9C8E2D #2D739C #562D9C

monochromatic

#3D3812 #6D631F #9C8E2D #C8B63F #D5C86E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9C8E2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E2D

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E2D	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)

#9B8A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.116 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6c',
    500: '#9c8e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e2d;
$custom-light: #bcae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.432,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64106,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E2D

secondary

#6873BC

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E2D

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

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