#9C8E53#9C8E53

#9C8E53 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.081 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E53
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 31%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 46.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -3.20, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 33.36, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.009 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.081 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9453, 27.0394, 12.0871)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E53 #53619C

analogous

#9C6A53 #9C8E53 #869C53

triadic

#9C8E53 #539C8E #8E539C

tetradic

#9C8E53 #539C6A #53619C #9C5386

square

#9C8E53 #539C6A #53619C #9C5386

split-complementary

#9C8E53 #53869C #6A539C

monochromatic

#4C4528 #746A3E #9C8E53 #B6AA76 #CBC39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9C8E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#9C8E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E53

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E53	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.081 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbae84',
    500: '#9c8e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e53;
$custom-light: #bbae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 30.544,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64556,
    "c": 0.08058,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E53

secondary

#929AB9

accent

#75C761

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E53

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

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