#9C8E4D#9C8E4D

#9C8E4D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.087 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E4D
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 34%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 50.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.93, -3.79, 36.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.93, 36.47, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0113 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.087 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.7236, 26.9507, 10.9194)
Luminance	0.2695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E4D #4D5B9C

analogous

#9C664D #9C8E4D #829C4D

triadic

#9C8E4D #4D9C8E #8E4D9C

tetradic

#9C8E4D #4D9C66 #4D5B9C #9C4D82

square

#9C8E4D #4D9C66 #4D5B9C #9C4D82

split-complementary

#9C8E4D #4D829C #664D9C

monochromatic

#4A4325 #736939 #9C8E4D #B8AB6F #CCC397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9C8E4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#9C8E4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E4D

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E4D	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.087 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae80',
    500: '#9c8e4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e4d;
$custom-light: #bbae80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.367,
    "s": 33.906,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64465,
    "c": 0.08716,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E4D

secondary

#8C94B8

accent

#71CA5E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E4D

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

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