#9C993B#9C993B

#9C993B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.116 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C993B
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 62.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -11.21, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 49.62, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0346 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.116 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8918, 30.1669, 8.5957)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C993B #3B3E9C

analogous

#9C683B #9C993B #6F9C3B

triadic

#9C993B #3B9C99 #993B9C

tetradic

#9C993B #3B9C68 #3B3E9C #9C3B6F

square

#9C993B #3B9C68 #3B3E9C #9C3B6F

split-complementary

#9C993B #3B6F9C #683B9C

monochromatic

#434219 #706D2A #9C993B #BFBC55 #D0CD82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9C993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#9C993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C993B

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C993B	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)

#A59330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.116 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb675',
    500: '#9c993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c993b;
$custom-light: #bcb675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.144,
    "s": 45.116,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6668,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C993B

secondary

#797BB9

accent

#57D553

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C993B

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

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