#9C8E32#9C8E32

#9C8E32 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.112 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E32
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 67.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, -5.89, 48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 49.32, 96.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.0206 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.112 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.9601, 26.6453, 6.8980)
Luminance	0.2664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E32 #32409C

analogous

#9C5932 #9C8E32 #759C32

triadic

#9C8E32 #329C8E #8E329C

tetradic

#9C8E32 #329C59 #32409C #9C3275

square

#9C8E32 #329C59 #32409C #9C3275

split-complementary

#9C8E32 #32759C #59329C

monochromatic

#3F3A14 #6E6423 #9C8E32 #C4B447 #D3C775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9C8E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E32

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E32	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)

#9B8A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.112 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae6f',
    500: '#9c8e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e32;
$custom-light: #bcae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 51.456,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64148,
    "c": 0.1122,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E32

secondary

#6F79BB

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E32

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

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