#9C8E37#9C8E37

#9C8E37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.108 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E37
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 64.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.69, -5.57, 46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.69, 47.13, 96.79°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0191 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.108 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.0739, 26.6908, 7.4975)
Luminance	0.2669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E37 #37459C

analogous

#9C5C37 #9C8E37 #789C37

triadic

#9C8E37 #379C8E #8E379C

tetradic

#9C8E37 #379C5C #37459C #9C3778

square

#9C8E37 #379C5C #37459C #9C3778

split-complementary

#9C8E37 #37789C #5C379C

monochromatic

#423C17 #6F6527 #9C8E37 #C1B14F #D1C57C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9C8E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9C8E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E37

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E37	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)

#9B8A2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.108 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae72',
    500: '#9c8e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e37;
$custom-light: #bcae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.683,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64195,
    "c": 0.10822,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E37

secondary

#757EBA

accent

#63D750

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E37

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

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