#9C8E19#9C8E19

#9C8E19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.127 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E19
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 25)
HSL	hsl(54, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(54, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 84%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -7.01, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 58.26, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.0262 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.127 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5599, 26.4852, 4.7907)
Luminance	0.2648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E19 #19279C

analogous

#9C4C19 #9C8E19 #689C19

triadic

#9C8E19 #199C8E #8E199C

tetradic

#9C8E19 #199C4C #19279C #9C1968

square

#9C8E19 #199C4C #19279C #9C1968

split-complementary

#9C8E19 #19689C #4C199C

monochromatic

#332E08 #675E11 #9C8E19 #D1BE21 #E2D24D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9C8E19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9C8E19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E19

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E19	1.00	3.34	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.127 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae63',
    500: '#9c8e19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e19;
$custom-light: #bdae63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63982,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E19

secondary

#4C59C4

accent

#4CEF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E19

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

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