#9C8F28#9C8F28

#9C8F28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.120 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F28
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 40)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, -6.97, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 53.68, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.29% -0.0247 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(64.29% 0.12 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9169, 26.8671, 5.9331)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F28 #28359C

analogous

#9C5528 #9C8F28 #6F9C28

triadic

#9C8F28 #289C8F #8F289C

tetradic

#9C8F28 #289C55 #28359C #9C286F

square

#9C8F28 #289C55 #28359C #9C286F

split-complementary

#9C8F28 #286F9C #55289C

monochromatic

#3B360F #6B621C #9C8F28 #CBBB36 #D8CB67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9C8F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#9C8F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F28

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F28	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.120 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaf6a',
    500: '#9c8f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f28;
$custom-light: #bdaf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64289,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F28

secondary

#626CBE

accent

#57E245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F28

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

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