#9C8B21#9C8B21

#9C8B21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.121 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B21
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, -5.10, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 54.90, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0202 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.121 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.2186, 25.6441, 5.1654)
Luminance	0.2564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B21 #21329C

analogous

#9C4D21 #9C8B21 #709C21

triadic

#9C8B21 #219C8B #8B219C

tetradic

#9C8B21 #219C4D #21329C #9C2170

square

#9C8B21 #219C4D #21329C #9C2170

split-complementary

#9C8B21 #21709C #4D219C

monochromatic

#37310C #695E16 #9C8B21 #CFB82C #DCCA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9C8B21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9C8B21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B21

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B21	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)

#998708

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.121 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac66',
    500: '#9c8b21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b21;
$custom-light: #bdac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63361,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B21

secondary

#5867C1

accent

#57E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B21

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

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