#9C985E#9C985E

#9C985E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.078 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C985E
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(56, 25%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 40%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 39.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -7.43, 31.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 31.91, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0202 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.078 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9593, 30.3332, 15.0222)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C985E #5E629C

analogous

#9C795E #9C985E #819C5E

triadic

#9C985E #5E9C98 #985E9C

tetradic

#9C985E #5E9C79 #5E629C #9C5E81

square

#9C985E #5E9C79 #5E629C #9C5E81

split-complementary

#9C985E #5E819C #795E9C

monochromatic

#504E30 #767347 #9C985E #B4B183 #CBC9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9C985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#9C985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C985E

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C985E	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1945A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39760

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.078 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab68c',
    500: '#9c985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c985e;
$custom-light: #bab68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 24.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66931,
    "c": 0.07845,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C985E

secondary

#9C9EBA

accent

#6CC167

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C985E

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

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