#9C8C21#9C8C21

#9C8C21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8C21
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.98, -5.65, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.98, 55.21, 95.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0217 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3641, 25.9350, 5.2138)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8C21 #21319C

analogous

#9C4F21 #9C8C21 #6F9C21

triadic

#9C8C21 #219C8C #8C219C

tetradic

#9C8C21 #219C4F #21319C #9C216F

square

#9C8C21 #219C4F #21319C #9C216F

split-complementary

#9C8C21 #216F9C #4F219C

monochromatic

#37310C #695F16 #9C8C21 #CFB92C #DCCC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9C8C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9C8C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8C21

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8C21	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8807

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdad66',
    500: '#9c8c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8c21;
$custom-light: #bdad66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63581,
    "c": 0.12163,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8C21

secondary

#5866C1

accent

#56E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8C21

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

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