#9C8E4B#9C8E4B

#9C8E4B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.089 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E4B
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 52%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 51.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -3.98, 37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 37.49, 96.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0121 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.089 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.6541, 26.9229, 10.5532)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E4B #4B599C

analogous

#9C664B #9C8E4B #819C4B

triadic

#9C8E4B #4B9C8E #8E4B9C

tetradic

#9C8E4B #4B9C66 #4B599C #9C4B81

square

#9C8E4B #4B9C66 #4B599C #9C4B81

split-complementary

#9C8E4B #4B819C #664B9C

monochromatic

#494323 #736837 #9C8E4B #B8AB6C #CCC395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9C8E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#9C8E4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E4B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E4B	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D904E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7857E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.089 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae7f',
    500: '#9c8e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e4b;
$custom-light: #bbae7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.63,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64436,
    "c": 0.08929,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E4B

secondary

#8A92B8

accent

#70CB5D

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E4B

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

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