#9C8D25#9C8D25

#9C8D25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D25
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 37)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 76.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -6.02, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 54.13, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% -0.0224 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.5702, 26.2523, 5.5756)
Luminance	0.2625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D25 #25349C

analogous

#9C5125 #9C8D25 #6F9C25

triadic

#9C8D25 #259C8D #8D259C

tetradic

#9C8D25 #259C51 #25349C #9C256F

square

#9C8D25 #259C51 #25349C #9C256F

split-complementary

#9C8D25 #256F9C #51259C

monochromatic

#39340E #6B6019 #9C8D25 #CDBA31 #DACB62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9C8D25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#9C8D25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D25

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D25	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)

#9B8910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae68',
    500: '#9c8d25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d25;
$custom-light: #bdae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63827,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D25

secondary

#5E6ABF

accent

#57E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D25

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

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