#9C8F38#9C8F38

#9C8F38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.108 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F38
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 64.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -6.05, 46.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 47.04, 97.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0203 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.108 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.2475, 26.9994, 7.6748)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F38 #38459C

analogous

#9C5D38 #9C8F38 #779C38

triadic

#9C8F38 #389C8F #8F389C

tetradic

#9C8F38 #389C5D #38459C #9C3877

square

#9C8F38 #389C5D #38459C #9C3877

split-complementary

#9C8F38 #38779C #5D389C

monochromatic

#423C18 #6F6628 #9C8F38 #C0B251 #D1C67E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#9C8F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#9C8F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F38

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F38	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)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0903D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.108 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaf73',
    500: '#9c8f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f38;
$custom-light: #bcaf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.2,
    "s": 47.17,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64426,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F38

secondary

#767FBA

accent

#62D751

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F38

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

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