#9C985B#9C985B

#9C985B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.082 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C985B
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 26%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 41.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -7.77, 32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 33.49, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0214 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.082 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8273, 30.2804, 14.3270)
Luminance	0.3028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C985B #5B5F9C

analogous

#9C775B #9C985B #7F9C5B

triadic

#9C985B #5B9C98 #985B9C

tetradic

#9C985B #5B9C77 #5B5F9C #9C5B7F

square

#9C985B #5B9C77 #5B5F9C #9C5B7F

split-complementary

#9C985B #5B7F9C #775B9C

monochromatic

#4F4D2E #757244 #9C985B #B5B180 #CBC9A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9C985B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#9C985B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C985B

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C985B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C985B	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3975E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c985b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.082 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab68a',
    500: '#9c985b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c985b;
$custom-light: #bab68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c985b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 26.316,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6688,
    "c": 0.08201,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C985B

secondary

#9A9CB9

accent

#6BC365

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C985B

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

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