#9C985A#9C985A

#9C985A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.083 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C985A
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 27%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 42.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -7.89, 33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 34.02, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.0218 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.083 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7845, 30.2632, 14.1013)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C985A #5A5E9C

analogous

#9C775A #9C985A #7F9C5A

triadic

#9C985A #5A9C98 #985A9C

tetradic

#9C985A #5A9C77 #5A5E9C #9C5A7F

square

#9C985A #5A9C77 #5A5E9C #9C5A7F

split-complementary

#9C985A #5A7F9C #775A9C

monochromatic

#4E4C2D #757244 #9C985A #B5B27E #CBC9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9C985A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9C985A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C985A

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C985A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C985A	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4975D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c985a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.083 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab68a',
    500: '#9c985a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c985a;
$custom-light: #bab68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c985a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 26.829,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66863,
    "c": 0.08318,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C985A

secondary

#999BB9

accent

#6AC365

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C985A

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

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