#9C8E57#9C8E57

#9C8E57 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.076 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E57
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 44.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.07, -2.77, 31.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.07, 31.26, 95.09°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.0073 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.076 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1042, 27.1029, 12.9240)
Luminance	0.2710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E57 #57659C

analogous

#9C6B57 #9C8E57 #879C57

triadic

#9C8E57 #579C8E #8E579C

tetradic

#9C8E57 #579C6B #57659C #9C5787

square

#9C8E57 #579C6B #57659C #9C5787

split-complementary

#9C8E57 #57879C #6B579C

monochromatic

#4D462B #756A41 #9C8E57 #B5A97B #CBC3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9C8E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9C8E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E57

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E57	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)

#988B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.076 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae87',
    500: '#9c8e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e57;
$custom-light: #baae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64622,
    "c": 0.07603,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E57

secondary

#969DB9

accent

#77C563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E57

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

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