#9C8D29#9C8D29

#9C8D29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.118 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D29
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 73.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.30, -5.84, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.30, 52.64, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% -0.0214 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.118 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6365, 26.2789, 5.9247)
Luminance	0.2628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D29 #29389C

analogous

#9C5329 #9C8D29 #719C29

triadic

#9C8D29 #299C8D #8D299C

tetradic

#9C8D29 #299C53 #29389C #9C2971

square

#9C8D29 #299C53 #29389C #9C2971

split-complementary

#9C8D29 #29719C #53299C

monochromatic

#3B3510 #6C611C #9C8D29 #CBB738 #D7C968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9C8D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#9C8D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D29

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D29	1.00	3.36	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.118 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae6a',
    500: '#9c8d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d29;
$custom-light: #bdae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63854,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D29

secondary

#636FBE

accent

#5AE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D29

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

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