#9C912E#9C912E

#9C912E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.118 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C912E
RGB	rgb(156, 145, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.45, -7.74, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.45, 52.05, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.78% -0.0263 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(64.78% 0.118 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3299, 27.5170, 6.6140)
Luminance	0.2752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C912E #2E399C

analogous

#9C5A2E #9C912E #709C2E

triadic

#9C912E #2E9C91 #912E9C

tetradic

#9C912E #2E9C5A #2E399C #9C2E70

square

#9C912E #2E9C5A #2E399C #9C2E70

split-complementary

#9C912E #2E709C #5A2E9C

monochromatic

#3D3912 #6D6520 #9C912E #C7B940 #D5CB70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#9C912E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#9C912E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C912E

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C912E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C912E	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c912e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 145, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.118 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb06d',
    500: '#9c912e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c912e;
$custom-light: #bcb06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c912e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64778,
    "c": 0.11784,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C912E

secondary

#6A72BC

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EC

border

#D1CEC7

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C912E

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

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