#9C8F56#9C8F56

#9C8F56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.078 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F56
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(49, 45%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 44.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.33, -3.43, 32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.33, 32.19, 96.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.0093 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.078 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.2131, 27.3856, 12.7601)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F56 #56639C

analogous

#9C6C56 #9C8F56 #869C56

triadic

#9C8F56 #569C8F #8F569C

tetradic

#9C8F56 #569C6C #56639C #9C5686

square

#9C8F56 #569C6C #56639C #9C5686

split-complementary

#9C8F56 #56869C #6C569C

monochromatic

#4D472B #756B40 #9C8F56 #B6AA7A #CBC3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#9C8F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#9C8F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F56

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F56	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998C52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.078 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#baaf86',
    500: '#9c8f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f56;
$custom-light: #baaf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 28.926,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64823,
    "c": 0.07813,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F56

secondary

#959CB9

accent

#75C563

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F56

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

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