#9C8E30#9C8E30

#9C8E30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.114 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E30
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 69.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.63, -6.01, 49.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.63, 50.17, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0211 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.114 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9178, 26.6284, 6.6757)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E30 #303E9C

analogous

#9C5830 #9C8E30 #749C30

triadic

#9C8E30 #309C8E #8E309C

tetradic

#9C8E30 #309C58 #303E9C #9C3074

square

#9C8E30 #309C58 #303E9C #9C3074

split-complementary

#9C8E30 #30749C #58309C

monochromatic

#3E3913 #6D6322 #9C8E30 #C5B544 #D4C773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9C8E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E30

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E30	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.114 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6e',
    500: '#9c8e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e30;
$custom-light: #bcae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.222,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64131,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E30

secondary

#6C77BC

accent

#5EDC4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E30

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

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