#9C8F2B#9C8F2B

#9C8F2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F2B
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 72.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -6.82, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 52.54, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.31% -0.024 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(64.31% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9699, 26.8883, 6.2124)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F2B #2B389C

analogous

#9C572B #9C8F2B #719C2B

triadic

#9C8F2B #2B9C8F #8F2B9C

tetradic

#9C8F2B #2B9C57 #2B389C #9C2B71

square

#9C8F2B #2B9C57 #2B389C #9C2B71

split-complementary

#9C8F2B #2B719C #572B9C

monochromatic

#3C3711 #6C631E #9C8F2B #C9B93B #D6CA6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9C8F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#9C8F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F2B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F2B	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)

#9C8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaf6b',
    500: '#9c8f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f2b;
$custom-light: #bdaf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.097,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64311,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F2B

secondary

#6670BD

accent

#59E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F2B

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

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