#9C993E#9C993E

#9C993E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.113 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C993E
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 60.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.83, -11.00, 47.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.83, 48.27, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0337 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.113 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9718, 30.1990, 9.0174)
Luminance	0.3020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C993E #3E419C

analogous

#9C6A3E #9C993E #709C3E

triadic

#9C993E #3E9C99 #993E9C

tetradic

#9C993E #3E9C6A #3E419C #9C3E70

square

#9C993E #3E9C6A #3E419C #9C3E70

split-complementary

#9C993E #3E709C #6A3E9C

monochromatic

#44431B #706E2D #9C993E #BDBA5A #CFCC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9C993E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#9C993E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C993E

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C993E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C993E	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c993e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.113 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb677',
    500: '#9c993e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c993e;
$custom-light: #bcb677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c993e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.085,
    "s": 43.119,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66711,
    "c": 0.11312,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C993E

secondary

#7D7FB9

accent

#59D355

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C993E

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

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