#9C8F31#9C8F31

#9C8F31 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.114 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F31
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 49)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 68.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.91, -6.49, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.91, 50.10, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.36% -0.0224 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.36% 0.114 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0882, 26.9356, 6.8354)
Luminance	0.2693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F31 #313E9C

analogous

#9C5931 #9C8F31 #749C31

triadic

#9C8F31 #319C8F #8F319C

tetradic

#9C8F31 #319C59 #313E9C #9C3174

square

#9C8F31 #319C59 #313E9C #9C3174

split-complementary

#9C8F31 #31749C #59319C

monochromatic

#3F3A14 #6D6422 #9C8F31 #C5B545 #D3C874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9C8F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#9C8F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F31

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F31	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.114 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaf6e',
    500: '#9c8f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f31;
$custom-light: #bcaf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.71,
    "s": 52.195,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6436,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F31

secondary

#6D77BB

accent

#5EDC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F7F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F31

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

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