#9C8E56#9C8E56

#9C8E56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.077 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E56
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(48, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 44.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -2.88, 31.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 31.79, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% -0.0078 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.077 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0637, 27.0867, 12.7103)
Luminance	0.2709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E56 #56649C

analogous

#9C6B56 #9C8E56 #879C56

triadic

#9C8E56 #569C8E #8E569C

tetradic

#9C8E56 #569C6B #56649C #9C5687

square

#9C8E56 #569C6B #56649C #9C5687

split-complementary

#9C8E56 #56879C #6B569C

monochromatic

#4D462B #756A40 #9C8E56 #B6AA7A #CBC3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9C8E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9C8E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E56

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E56	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.077 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae86',
    500: '#9c8e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e56;
$custom-light: #baae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 28.926,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64605,
    "c": 0.07718,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E56

secondary

#959CB9

accent

#76C563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E56

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

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