#9C8E33#9C8E33

#9C8E33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.111 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E33
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 67.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.65, -5.83, 48.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.65, 48.89, 96.85°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% -0.0203 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.111 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9819, 26.6540, 7.0128)
Luminance	0.2665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E33 #33419C

analogous

#9C5933 #9C8E33 #759C33

triadic

#9C8E33 #339C8E #8E339C

tetradic

#9C8E33 #339C59 #33419C #9C3375

square

#9C8E33 #339C59 #33419C #9C3375

split-complementary

#9C8E33 #33759C #59339C

monochromatic

#403A15 #6E6424 #9C8E33 #C3B349 #D3C677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9C8E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E33

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E33	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)

#9B8A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.111 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae70',
    500: '#9c8e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e33;
$custom-light: #bcae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64157,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E33

secondary

#707ABB

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E33

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

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