#9C8D20#9C8D20

#9C8D20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D20
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -6.23, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 55.85, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0234 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(23.4970, 26.2231, 5.1901)
Luminance	0.2622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D20 #202F9C

analogous

#9C4F20 #9C8D20 #6D9C20

triadic

#9C8D20 #209C8D #8D209C

tetradic

#9C8D20 #209C4F #202F9C #9C206D

square

#9C8D20 #209C4F #202F9C #9C206D

split-complementary

#9C8D20 #206D9C #4F209C

monochromatic

#36310B #695F16 #9C8D20 #CFBB2A #DDCD59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9C8D20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#9C8D20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D20

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D20	1.00	3.36	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8904

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae65',
    500: '#9c8d20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d20;
$custom-light: #bdae65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63796,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.26222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D20

secondary

#5764C1

accent

#53E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D20

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

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