#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
RGBrgb(156, 142, 96)
HSLhsl(46, 24%, 49%)
HSVhsv(46, 38%, 61%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9%, 38.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LABlab(59.21, -1.74, 26.42)
CIE-LCHlch(59.21, 26.48, 93.76°)
OKLaboklab(64.78% -0.0036 0.0653)
OKLCHoklch(64.78% 0.065 93.2)
XYZxyz(25.4951, 27.2593, 14.9826)
Luminance0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##9C8E601.003.266.456.45
#FFFFFF3.261.0021.0021.00
#0000006.4521.001.001.00
##0000006.4521.001.001.00

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

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#9C8E60 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva