#9C8F37#9C8F37

#9C8F37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.109 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F37
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 64.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -6.12, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 47.49, 97.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.42% -0.0206 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(64.42% 0.109 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2233, 26.9897, 7.5473)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F37 #37449C

analogous

#9C5D37 #9C8F37 #779C37

triadic

#9C8F37 #379C8F #8F379C

tetradic

#9C8F37 #379C5D #37449C #9C3777

square

#9C8F37 #379C5D #37449C #9C3777

split-complementary

#9C8F37 #37779C #5D379C

monochromatic

#423C17 #6F6627 #9C8F37 #C1B24F #D1C67C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9C8F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9C8F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F37

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F37	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)

#9C8B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.109 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaf72',
    500: '#9c8f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f37;
$custom-light: #bcaf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.277,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64416,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F37

secondary

#757EBA

accent

#62D750

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F37

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

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