#9C8E60#9C8E60

#9C8E60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.065 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E60
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 96)
HSL	hsl(46, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(46, 38%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 38.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.21, -1.74, 26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.21, 26.48, 93.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0036 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.065 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4951, 27.2593, 14.9826)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E60 #606E9C

analogous

#9C7060 #9C8E60 #8C9C60

triadic

#9C8E60 #609C8E #8E609C

tetradic

#9C8E60 #609C70 #606E9C #9C608C

square

#9C8E60 #609C70 #606E9C #9C608C

split-complementary

#9C8E60 #608C9C #70609C

monochromatic

#504931 #766C49 #9C8E60 #B4A985 #CBC4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#9C8E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#9C8E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E60

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E60	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978C5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.065 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baae8d',
    500: '#9c8e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e60;
$custom-light: #baae8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 23.81,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64783,
    "c": 0.06538,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E60

secondary

#9EA5BA

accent

#7CC068

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E60

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

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