#9C8F2D#9C8F2D

#9C8F2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F2D
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 71.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, -6.72, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 51.74, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0235 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.0075, 26.9033, 6.4104)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F2D #2D3A9C

analogous

#9C582D #9C8F2D #729C2D

triadic

#9C8F2D #2D9C8F #8F2D9C

tetradic

#9C8F2D #2D9C58 #2D3A9C #9C2D72

square

#9C8F2D #2D9C58 #2D3A9C #9C2D72

split-complementary

#9C8F2D #2D729C #582D9C

monochromatic

#3D3812 #6D631F #9C8F2D #C8B73F #D5C96E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9C8F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#9C8F2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F2D

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F2D	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)

#9C8B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaf6c',
    500: '#9c8f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f2d;
$custom-light: #bcaf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64327,
    "c": 0.11675,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F2D

secondary

#6872BC

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F2D

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

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