#9C8E41#9C8E41

#9C8E41 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.099 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E41
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 65)
HSL	hsl(51, 41%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 58%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 58.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.79, -4.84, 42.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.79, 42.45, 96.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.0158 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.099 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.3383, 26.7966, 8.8902)
Luminance	0.2680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E41 #414F9C

analogous

#9C6041 #9C8E41 #7C9C41

triadic

#9C8E41 #419C8E #8E419C

tetradic

#9C8E41 #419C60 #414F9C #9C417C

square

#9C8E41 #419C60 #414F9C #9C417C

split-complementary

#9C8E41 #417C9C #60419C

monochromatic

#463F1D #71672F #9C8E41 #BCAE5E #CEC389

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9C8E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#9C8E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E41

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E41	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)

#9A8A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.099 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae78',
    500: '#9c8e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e41;
$custom-light: #bbae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64305,
    "c": 0.09931,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E41

secondary

#8089B9

accent

#6AD157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121009

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E41

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

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