#9C8C1F#9C8C1F

#9C8C1F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8C1F
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 31)
HSL	hsl(52, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 80%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 80.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, -5.72, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 55.86, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.0221 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3369, 25.9242, 5.0707)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8C1F #1F2F9C

analogous

#9C4E1F #9C8C1F #6E9C1F

triadic

#9C8C1F #1F9C8C #8C1F9C

tetradic

#9C8C1F #1F9C4E #1F2F9C #9C1F6E

square

#9C8C1F #1F9C4E #1F2F9C #9C1F6E

split-complementary

#9C8C1F #1F6E9C #4E1F9C

monochromatic

#36300B #695E15 #9C8C1F #CFBA29 #DECD58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#9C8C1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#9C8C1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8C1F

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8C1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8C1F	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8802

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8c1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdad65',
    500: '#9c8c1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8c1f;
$custom-light: #bdad65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8c1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 66.845,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63569,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8C1F

secondary

#5563C1

accent

#54EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8C1F

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

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