#9C8F2A#9C8F2A

#9C8F2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.119 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F2A
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -6.87, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 52.93, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.3% -0.0243 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(64.3% 0.119 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9518, 26.8811, 6.1170)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F2A #2A379C

analogous

#9C562A #9C8F2A #709C2A

triadic

#9C8F2A #2A9C8F #8F2A9C

tetradic

#9C8F2A #2A9C56 #2A379C #9C2A70

square

#9C8F2A #2A9C56 #2A379C #9C2A70

split-complementary

#9C8F2A #2A709C #562A9C

monochromatic

#3C3710 #6C631D #9C8F2A #CAB939 #D7CA6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9C8F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#9C8F2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F2A

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F2A	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.119 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaf6b',
    500: '#9c8f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f2a;
$custom-light: #bdaf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64304,
    "c": 0.11878,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F2A

secondary

#656FBD

accent

#59E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F2A

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

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