#9C9155#9C9155

#9C9155 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.081 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9155
RGB	rgb(156, 145, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(51, 46%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 45.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -4.63, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 33.53, 97.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0129 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.081 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4760, 27.9754, 12.6504)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9155 #55609C

analogous

#9C6D55 #9C9155 #849C55

triadic

#9C9155 #559C91 #91559C

tetradic

#9C9155 #559C6D #55609C #9C5584

square

#9C9155 #559C6D #55609C #9C5584

split-complementary

#9C9155 #55849C #6D559C

monochromatic

#4D472A #746C3F #9C9155 #B6AC78 #CBC5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9C9155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#9C9155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9155

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9155	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68982

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 145, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.081 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb186',
    500: '#9c9155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9155;
$custom-light: #bbb186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 29.461,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65243,
    "c": 0.08126,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9155

secondary

#949AB9

accent

#72C662

background

#FBFAF8

surface

#F6F4EF

border

#D0CECA

text

#12100B

muted

#817F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9155

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

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