#9C8E3F#9C8E3F

#9C8E3F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.101 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E3F
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -5.00, 43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 43.41, 96.61°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% -0.0165 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.101 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2814, 26.7738, 8.5905)
Luminance	0.2677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E3F #3F4D9C

analogous

#9C5F3F #9C8E3F #7B9C3F

triadic

#9C8E3F #3F9C8E #8E3F9C

tetradic

#9C8E3F #3F9C5F #3F4D9C #9C3F7B

square

#9C8E3F #3F9C5F #3F4D9C #9C3F7B

split-complementary

#9C8E3F #3F7B9C #5F3F9C

monochromatic

#453F1C #70662D #9C8E3F #BDAE5B #CEC487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9C8E3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#9C8E3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E3F

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E3F	1.00	3.30	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.30	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)

#9A8A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.101 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae77',
    500: '#9c8e3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e3f;
$custom-light: #bcae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.968,
    "s": 42.466,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64282,
    "c": 0.10118,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E3F

secondary

#7E87B9

accent

#68D256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E3F

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

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