#9C8E59#9C8E59

#9C8E59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.074 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E59
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(47, 43%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 42.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -2.55, 30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 30.21, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0065 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.074 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1871, 27.1361, 13.3603)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E59 #59679C

analogous

#9C6C59 #9C8E59 #889C59

triadic

#9C8E59 #599C8E #8E599C

tetradic

#9C8E59 #599C6C #59679C #9C5988

square

#9C8E59 #599C6C #59679C #9C5988

split-complementary

#9C8E59 #59889C #6C599C

monochromatic

#4E472D #756B43 #9C8E59 #B5A97D #CBC3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9C8E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#9C8E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E59

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E59	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988C55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C905B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.074 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae88',
    500: '#9c8e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e59;
$custom-light: #baae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 27.347,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64656,
    "c": 0.07371,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E59

secondary

#989FB9

accent

#78C464

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E59

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

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