#9C8F35#9C8F35

#9C8F35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.111 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F35
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 66%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -6.25, 47.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 48.38, 97.42°)
OKLab	oklab(64.4% -0.0212 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(64.4% 0.111 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.1764, 26.9709, 7.2999)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F35 #35429C

analogous

#9C5B35 #9C8F35 #759C35

triadic

#9C8F35 #359C8F #8F359C

tetradic

#9C8F35 #359C5B #35429C #9C3575

square

#9C8F35 #359C5B #35429C #9C3575

split-complementary

#9C8F35 #35759C #5B359C

monochromatic

#413B16 #6E6525 #9C8F35 #C2B34C #D2C77A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9C8F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#9C8F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F35

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F35	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#9C8B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.111 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaf71',
    500: '#9c8f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f35;
$custom-light: #bcaf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.427,
    "s": 49.282,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64396,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F35

secondary

#727BBA

accent

#60D94F

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F35

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

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