#9C8A21#9C8A21

#9C8A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.120 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A21
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -4.55, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 54.60, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.14% -0.0186 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.14% 0.12 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.0745, 25.3559, 5.1173)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A21 #21339C

analogous

#9C4D21 #9C8A21 #709C21

triadic

#9C8A21 #219C8A #8A219C

tetradic

#9C8A21 #219C4D #21339C #9C2170

square

#9C8A21 #219C4D #21339C #9C2170

split-complementary

#9C8A21 #21709C #4D219C

monochromatic

#37310C #695D16 #9C8A21 #CFB72C #DCC95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9C8A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9C8A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A21

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A21	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.120 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab66',
    500: '#9c8a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a21;
$custom-light: #bdab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63141,
    "c": 0.12004,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A21

secondary

#5867C1

accent

#58E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A21

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

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