#9C9958#9C9958

#9C9958 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.087 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9958
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 88)
HSL	hsl(57, 28%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(57, 44%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 43.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -8.64, 34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 35.52, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0242 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.087 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8635, 30.5556, 13.7133)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9958 #585B9C

analogous

#9C7758 #9C9958 #7D9C58

triadic

#9C9958 #589C99 #99589C

tetradic

#9C9958 #589C77 #585B9C #9C587D

square

#9C9958 #589C77 #585B9C #9C587D

split-complementary

#9C9958 #587D9C #77589C

monochromatic

#4E4C2C #757342 #9C9958 #B5B37C #CBC9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#9C9958 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#9C9958 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9958

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9958	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9958	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5985B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A59189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9958;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.087 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bab688',
    500: '#9c9958',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9958;
$custom-light: #bab688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9958",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 27.869,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67053,
    "c": 0.08665,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9958

secondary

#9798B9

accent

#68C464

background

#FBFBF8

surface

#F6F6F0

border

#D0D0CB

text

#12110B

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9958

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

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