#9C8F2E#9C8F2E

#9C8F2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.116 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F2E
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -6.66, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 51.34, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.33% -0.0232 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(64.33% 0.116 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0270, 26.9111, 6.5130)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F2E #2E3B9C

analogous

#9C582E #9C8F2E #729C2E

triadic

#9C8F2E #2E9C8F #8F2E9C

tetradic

#9C8F2E #2E9C58 #2E3B9C #9C2E72

square

#9C8F2E #2E9C58 #2E3B9C #9C2E72

split-complementary

#9C8F2E #2E729C #582E9C

monochromatic

#3D3812 #6D6420 #9C8F2E #C7B740 #D5C970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9C8F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#9C8F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F2E

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F2E	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)

#9C8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.116 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaf6d',
    500: '#9c8f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f2e;
$custom-light: #bcaf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64335,
    "c": 0.11604,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F2E

secondary

#6A73BC

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F2E

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

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