#9C985D#9C985D

#9C985D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.080 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C985D
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 40.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, -7.55, 31.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 32.44, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(66.91% -0.0206 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(66.91% 0.08 105)
XYZ	xyz(26.9148, 30.3154, 14.7874)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C985D #5D619C

analogous

#9C795D #9C985D #819C5D

triadic

#9C985D #5D9C98 #985D9C

tetradic

#9C985D #5D9C79 #5D619C #9C5D81

square

#9C985D #5D9C79 #5D619C #9C5D81

split-complementary

#9C985D #5D819C #795D9C

monochromatic

#4F4D2F #767346 #9C985D #B4B182 #CBC9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9C985D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#9C985D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C985D

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C985D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C985D	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)

#A19459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3975F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A49189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c985d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.080 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab68c',
    500: '#9c985d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c985d;
$custom-light: #bab68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c985d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 25.301,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66913,
    "c": 0.07965,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.30315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C985D

secondary

#9B9DB9

accent

#6CC266

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C985D

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

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