#9C8E2F#9C8E2F

#9C8E2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.114 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E2F
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 69.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.62, -6.06, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.62, 50.58, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% -0.0214 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.114 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8974, 26.6202, 6.5682)
Luminance	0.2662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E2F #2F3D9C

analogous

#9C582F #9C8E2F #739C2F

triadic

#9C8E2F #2F9C8E #8E2F9C

tetradic

#9C8E2F #2F9C58 #2F3D9C #9C2F73

square

#9C8E2F #2F9C58 #2F3D9C #9C2F73

split-complementary

#9C8E2F #2F739C #582F9C

monochromatic

#3E3813 #6D6321 #9C8E2F #C6B542 #D4C871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#9C8E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E2F

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E2F	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)

#9B8A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.114 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6d',
    500: '#9c8e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e2f;
$custom-light: #bcae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.294,
    "s": 53.695,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64122,
    "c": 0.11444,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E2F

secondary

#6B75BC

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E2F

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

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