#9C8F34#9C8F34

#9C8F34 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.112 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F34
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 66.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -6.31, 48.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 48.81, 97.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.39% -0.0215 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(64.39% 0.112 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1536, 26.9618, 7.1800)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F34 #34419C

analogous

#9C5B34 #9C8F34 #759C34

triadic

#9C8F34 #349C8F #8F349C

tetradic

#9C8F34 #349C5B #34419C #9C3475

square

#9C8F34 #349C5B #34419C #9C3475

split-complementary

#9C8F34 #34759C #5B349C

monochromatic

#403B15 #6E6525 #9C8F34 #C3B44A #D2C778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#9C8F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#9C8F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F34

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F34	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)

#9C8B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.112 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaf70',
    500: '#9c8f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f34;
$custom-light: #bcaf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64387,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F34

secondary

#717ABB

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F34

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

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