#9C8E2E#9C8E2E

#9C8E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.115 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E2E
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.61, -6.12, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.61, 51.00, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.11% -0.0217 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(64.11% 0.115 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8775, 26.6122, 6.4632)
Luminance	0.2661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E2E #2E3C9C

analogous

#9C572E #9C8E2E #739C2E

triadic

#9C8E2E #2E9C8E #8E2E9C

tetradic

#9C8E2E #2E9C57 #2E3C9C #9C2E73

square

#9C8E2E #2E9C57 #2E3C9C #9C2E73

split-complementary

#9C8E2E #2E739C #572E9C

monochromatic

#3D3812 #6D6320 #9C8E2E #C7B640 #D5C870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9C8E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E2E

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E2E	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)

#9B8A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.115 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6d',
    500: '#9c8e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e2e;
$custom-light: #bcae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64114,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E2E

secondary

#6A74BC

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E2E

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

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