#9C8F4E#9C8F4E

#9C8F4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.087 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F4E
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 33%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 50%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -4.25, 36.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 36.35, 96.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0125 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.087 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9087, 27.2638, 11.1566)
Luminance	0.2726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F4E #4E5B9C

analogous

#9C684E #9C8F4E #829C4E

triadic

#9C8F4E #4E9C8F #8F4E9C

tetradic

#9C8F4E #4E9C68 #4E5B9C #9C4E82

square

#9C8F4E #4E9C68 #4E5B9C #9C4E82

split-complementary

#9C8F4E #4E829C #684E9C

monochromatic

#4A4425 #736A3A #9C8F4E #B7AB70 #CCC399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#9C8F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#9C8F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F4E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F4E	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68780

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.087 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbaf81',
    500: '#9c8f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f4e;
$custom-light: #bbaf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64698,
    "c": 0.08704,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F4E

secondary

#8D95B8

accent

#70C95E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#12100A

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F4E

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

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