#9C8D21#9C8D21

#9C8D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D21
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -6.19, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 55.52, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.8% -0.0232 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(63.8% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5108, 26.2286, 5.2628)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D21 #21309C

analogous

#9C5021 #9C8D21 #6E9C21

triadic

#9C8D21 #219C8D #8D219C

tetradic

#9C8D21 #219C50 #21309C #9C216E

square

#9C8D21 #219C50 #21309C #9C216E

split-complementary

#9C8D21 #216E9C #50219C

monochromatic

#37320C #695F16 #9C8D21 #CFBB2C #DCCD5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9C8D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#9C8D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D21

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D21	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae66',
    500: '#9c8d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d21;
$custom-light: #bdae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63802,
    "c": 0.12244,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D21

secondary

#5865C1

accent

#54E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D21

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

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