#9C8E40#9C8E40

#9C8E40 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.100 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E40
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 42%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 59%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -4.92, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 42.93, 96.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0161 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.1 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3096, 26.7851, 8.7390)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E40 #404E9C

analogous

#9C6040 #9C8E40 #7C9C40

triadic

#9C8E40 #409C8E #8E409C

tetradic

#9C8E40 #409C60 #404E9C #9C407C

square

#9C8E40 #409C60 #404E9C #9C407C

split-complementary

#9C8E40 #407C9C #60409C

monochromatic

#453F1C #71662E #9C8E40 #BCAE5D #CEC488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9C8E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#9C8E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E40

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E40	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.100 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae78',
    500: '#9c8e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e40;
$custom-light: #bcae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 41.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64293,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E40

secondary

#7F88B9

accent

#69D256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E40

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

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