#9C8D24#9C8D24

#9C8D24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D24
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 36)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 76.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.27, -6.07, 54.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.27, 54.49, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.82% -0.0226 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.82% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5547, 26.2462, 5.4940)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D24 #24339C

analogous

#9C5124 #9C8D24 #6F9C24

triadic

#9C8D24 #249C8D #8D249C

tetradic

#9C8D24 #249C51 #24339C #9C246F

square

#9C8D24 #249C51 #24339C #9C246F

split-complementary

#9C8D24 #246F9C #51249C

monochromatic

#39330D #6A6019 #9C8D24 #CEBA2F #DACB60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9C8D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#9C8D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D24

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D24	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)

#9B890E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae67',
    500: '#9c8d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d24;
$custom-light: #bdae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6382,
    "c": 0.12077,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D24

secondary

#5C69BF

accent

#57E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D24

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

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