#9C985C#9C985C

#9C985C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.081 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C985C
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 92)
HSL	hsl(56, 26%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 41%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 41%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -7.66, 32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 32.97, 103.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.021 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.081 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8708, 30.2978, 14.5557)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C985C #5C609C

analogous

#9C785C #9C985C #809C5C

triadic

#9C985C #5C9C98 #985C9C

tetradic

#9C985C #5C9C78 #5C609C #9C5C80

square

#9C985C #5C9C78 #5C609C #9C5C80

split-complementary

#9C985C #5C809C #785C9C

monochromatic

#4F4D2F #767245 #9C985C #B5B181 #CBC9A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9C985C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#9C985C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C985C

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C985C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C985C	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#A29457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3975F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c985c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.081 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab68b',
    500: '#9c985c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c985c;
$custom-light: #bab68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c985c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 25.806,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66897,
    "c": 0.08083,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C985C

secondary

#9B9CB9

accent

#6BC266

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C985C

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

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