#9C8E3E#9C8E3E

#9C8E3E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.102 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E3E
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 60.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -5.08, 43.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 43.89, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(64.27% -0.0168 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(64.27% 0.102 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.2537, 26.7627, 8.4447)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E3E #3E4C9C

analogous

#9C5F3E #9C8E3E #7B9C3E

triadic

#9C8E3E #3E9C8E #8E3E9C

tetradic

#9C8E3E #3E9C5F #3E4C9C #9C3E7B

square

#9C8E3E #3E9C5F #3E4C9C #9C3E7B

split-complementary

#9C8E3E #3E7B9C #5F3E9C

monochromatic

#443E1B #70662D #9C8E3E #BDAF5A #CFC486

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9C8E3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#9C8E3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E3E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E3E	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.102 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae76',
    500: '#9c8e3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e3e;
$custom-light: #bcae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6427,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E3E

secondary

#7D86B9

accent

#68D355

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E3E

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

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