#9C8E35#9C8E35

#9C8E35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.110 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E35
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 66%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -5.70, 47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 48.02, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0197 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.11 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0269, 26.6720, 7.2501)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E35 #35439C

analogous

#9C5A35 #9C8E35 #769C35

triadic

#9C8E35 #359C8E #8E359C

tetradic

#9C8E35 #359C5A #35439C #9C3576

square

#9C8E35 #359C5A #35439C #9C3576

split-complementary

#9C8E35 #35769C #5A359C

monochromatic

#413B16 #6E6425 #9C8E35 #C2B24C #D2C67A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9C8E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9C8E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E35

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E35	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)

#9B8A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.110 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae71',
    500: '#9c8e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e35;
$custom-light: #bcae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.845,
    "s": 49.282,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64176,
    "c": 0.10985,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E35

secondary

#727CBA

accent

#62D94F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E35

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

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