#9C8E34#9C8E34

#9C8E34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.111 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E34
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 66.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -5.77, 48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 48.46, 96.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.02 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.111 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0041, 26.6629, 7.1302)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E34 #34429C

analogous

#9C5A34 #9C8E34 #769C34

triadic

#9C8E34 #349C8E #8E349C

tetradic

#9C8E34 #349C5A #34429C #9C3476

square

#9C8E34 #349C5A #34429C #9C3476

split-complementary

#9C8E34 #34769C #5A349C

monochromatic

#403A15 #6E6425 #9C8E34 #C3B34A #D2C678

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9C8E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E34

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E34	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)

#9B8A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.111 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae70',
    500: '#9c8e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e34;
$custom-light: #bcae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.923,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64166,
    "c": 0.11064,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E34

secondary

#717BBB

accent

#61DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E34

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

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