#9C8B20#9C8B20

#9C8B20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.121 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B20
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 32)
HSL	hsl(52, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.69, -5.14, 55.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.69, 55.24, 95.34°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0204 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.121 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.2048, 25.6386, 5.0927)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B20 #20319C

analogous

#9C4D20 #9C8B20 #6F9C20

triadic

#9C8B20 #209C8B #8B209C

tetradic

#9C8B20 #209C4D #20319C #9C206F

square

#9C8B20 #209C4D #20319C #9C206F

split-complementary

#9C8B20 #206F9C #4D209C

monochromatic

#36310B #695E16 #9C8B20 #CFB82A #DDCB59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9C8B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9C8B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B20

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B20	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998705

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.121 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac65',
    500: '#9c8b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b20;
$custom-light: #bdac65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63355,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B20

secondary

#5765C1

accent

#56E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B20

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

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