#9C8E5D#9C8E5D

#9C8E5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.069 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E5D
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 93)
HSL	hsl(47, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(47, 40%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 40.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -2.09, 28.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 28.08, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.73% -0.0049 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(64.73% 0.069 94)
XYZ	xyz(25.3596, 27.2051, 14.2691)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E5D #5D6B9C

analogous

#9C6F5D #9C8E5D #8B9C5D

triadic

#9C8E5D #5D9C8E #8E5D9C

tetradic

#9C8E5D #5D9C6F #5D6B9C #9C5D8B

square

#9C8E5D #5D9C6F #5D6B9C #9C5D8B

split-complementary

#9C8E5D #5D8B9C #6F5D9C

monochromatic

#4F482F #766B46 #9C8E5D #B4A982 #CBC3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#9C8E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#9C8E5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E5D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E5D	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988C59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B905F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.069 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae8b',
    500: '#9c8e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e5d;
$custom-light: #baae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 25.301,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64727,
    "c": 0.06899,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.27204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E5D

secondary

#9BA2B9

accent

#7AC266

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E5D

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

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