#9C8E64#9C8E64

#9C8E64 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.061 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E64
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 100)
HSL	hsl(45, 22%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 36%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 35.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -1.24, 24.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 24.34, 92.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.0019 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.061 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.6840, 27.3348, 15.9773)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E64 #64729C

analogous

#9C7264 #9C8E64 #8E9C64

triadic

#9C8E64 #649C8E #8E649C

tetradic

#9C8E64 #649C72 #64729C #9C648E

square

#9C8E64 #649C72 #64729C #9C648E

split-complementary

#9C8E64 #648E9C #72649C

monochromatic

#524A34 #776C4C #9C8E64 #B4A989 #CCC4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#9C8E64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#9C8E64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E64

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E64	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978C61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.061 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaf90',
    500: '#9c8e64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e64;
$custom-light: #baaf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 22.047,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6486,
    "c": 0.06051,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E64

secondary

#A1A8BA

accent

#7FBF69

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4F0

border

#D0CECB

text

#12100C

muted

#817F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E64

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

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