#9C8E36#9C8E36

#9C8E36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.109 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E36
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 65.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -5.64, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 47.57, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% -0.0194 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.109 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0502, 26.6813, 7.3725)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E36 #36449C

analogous

#9C5B36 #9C8E36 #779C36

triadic

#9C8E36 #369C8E #8E369C

tetradic

#9C8E36 #369C5B #36449C #9C3677

square

#9C8E36 #369C5B #36449C #9C3677

split-complementary

#9C8E36 #36779C #5B369C

monochromatic

#413B17 #6F6526 #9C8E36 #C2B24E #D1C57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9C8E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9C8E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E36

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E36	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.109 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae71',
    500: '#9c8e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e36;
$custom-light: #bcae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64186,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E36

secondary

#747DBA

accent

#62D850

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E36

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

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