#9C8E4E#9C8E4E

#9C8E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.086 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E4E
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 50%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -3.70, 35.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 35.95, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0109 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.086 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.7592, 26.9649, 11.1068)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E4E #4E5C9C

analogous

#9C674E #9C8E4E #839C4E

triadic

#9C8E4E #4E9C8E #8E4E9C

tetradic

#9C8E4E #4E9C67 #4E5C9C #9C4E83

square

#9C8E4E #4E9C67 #4E5C9C #9C4E83

split-complementary

#9C8E4E #4E839C #674E9C

monochromatic

#4A4425 #73693A #9C8E4E #B7AB70 #CCC399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9C8E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#9C8E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E4E

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E4E	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#998B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6867F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.086 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae81',
    500: '#9c8e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e4e;
$custom-light: #bbae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6448,
    "c": 0.08609,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E4E

secondary

#8D95B8

accent

#72C95E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E4E

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

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