#9C8F36#9C8F36

#9C8F36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.110 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F36
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 65.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -6.18, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 47.93, 97.41°)
OKLab	oklab(64.41% -0.0209 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(64.41% 0.11 101)
XYZ	xyz(24.1996, 26.9802, 7.4223)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F36 #36439C

analogous

#9C5C36 #9C8F36 #769C36

triadic

#9C8F36 #369C8F #8F369C

tetradic

#9C8F36 #369C5C #36439C #9C3676

square

#9C8F36 #369C5C #36439C #9C3676

split-complementary

#9C8F36 #36769C #5C369C

monochromatic

#413C17 #6F6526 #9C8F36 #C2B34E #D1C67B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9C8F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9C8F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F36

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F36	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.110 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaf71',
    500: '#9c8f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f36;
$custom-light: #bcaf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.353,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64406,
    "c": 0.10994,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.26979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F36

secondary

#747DBA

accent

#61D850

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F36

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

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