#9C985F#9C985F

#9C985F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.077 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C985F
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 95)
HSL	hsl(56, 24%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 39%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 39.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, -7.32, 30.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 31.38, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.0198 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.077 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0045, 30.3513, 15.2601)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C985F #5F639C

analogous

#9C7A5F #9C985F #829C5F

triadic

#9C985F #5F9C98 #985F9C

tetradic

#9C985F #5F9C7A #5F639C #9C5F82

square

#9C985F #5F9C7A #5F639C #9C5F82

split-complementary

#9C985F #5F829C #7A5F9C

monochromatic

#504E31 #767348 #9C985F #B4B184 #CBC9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9C985F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#9C985F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C985F

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C985F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C985F	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)

#A1945B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39761

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c985f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.077 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab68d',
    500: '#9c985f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c985f;
$custom-light: #bab68d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c985f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 24.303,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66948,
    "c": 0.07725,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C985F

secondary

#9D9FBA

accent

#6DC167

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110C

muted

#81807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C985F

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

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