#9C8E39#9C8E39

#9C8E39 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.107 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E39
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 57)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 63.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, -5.44, 45.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 46.22, 96.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% -0.0184 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.107 100)
XYZ	xyz(24.1228, 26.7104, 7.7551)
Luminance	0.2671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E39 #39479C

analogous

#9C5D39 #9C8E39 #799C39

triadic

#9C8E39 #399C8E #8E399C

tetradic

#9C8E39 #399C5D #39479C #9C3979

square

#9C8E39 #399C5D #39479C #9C3979

split-complementary

#9C8E39 #39799C #5D399C

monochromatic

#423C18 #6F6529 #9C8E39 #C0B052 #D0C57F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9C8E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9C8E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E39

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E39	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)

#9B8A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F903D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.107 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae73',
    500: '#9c8e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e39;
$custom-light: #bcae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.515,
    "s": 46.479,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64216,
    "c": 0.10653,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.26709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E39

secondary

#7780BA

accent

#64D652

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E39

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

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