#9C993A#9C993A

#9C993A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.117 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C993A
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 62.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, -11.28, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 50.06, 103.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.035 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.117 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8661, 30.1567, 8.4605)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C993A #3A3D9C

analogous

#9C683A #9C993A #6E9C3A

triadic

#9C993A #3A9C99 #993A9C

tetradic

#9C993A #3A9C68 #3A3D9C #9C3A6E

square

#9C993A #3A9C68 #3A3D9C #9C3A6E

split-complementary

#9C993A #3A6E9C #683A9C

monochromatic

#434119 #6F6D29 #9C993A #BFBC54 #D0CE80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9C993A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#9C993A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C993A

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C993A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C993A	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c993a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.117 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb675',
    500: '#9c993a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c993a;
$custom-light: #bcb675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c993a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.163,
    "s": 45.794,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66671,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C993A

secondary

#787ABA

accent

#56D552

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C993A

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

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