#9C8E31#9C8E31

#9C8E31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.113 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E31
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 68.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, -5.95, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 49.75, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% -0.0209 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.113 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9387, 26.6367, 6.7856)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E31 #313F9C

analogous

#9C5931 #9C8E31 #749C31

triadic

#9C8E31 #319C8E #8E319C

tetradic

#9C8E31 #319C59 #313F9C #9C3174

square

#9C8E31 #319C59 #313F9C #9C3174

split-complementary

#9C8E31 #31749C #59319C

monochromatic

#3F3914 #6D6422 #9C8E31 #C5B445 #D3C774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9C8E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E31

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E31	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)

#9B8A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.113 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6e',
    500: '#9c8e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e31;
$custom-light: #bcae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.15,
    "s": 52.195,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64139,
    "c": 0.11296,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E31

secondary

#6D78BB

accent

#5FDC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E31

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

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