#9C8E20#9C8E20

#9C8E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E20
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -6.77, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 56.16, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.025 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6452, 26.5193, 5.2395)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E20 #202E9C

analogous

#9C5020 #9C8E20 #6C9C20

triadic

#9C8E20 #209C8E #8E209C

tetradic

#9C8E20 #209C50 #202E9C #9C206C

square

#9C8E20 #209C50 #202E9C #9C206C

split-complementary

#9C8E20 #206C9C #50209C

monochromatic

#36320B #696016 #9C8E20 #CFBC2A #DDCE59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#9C8E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E20

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E20	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	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)

#9C8A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae66',
    500: '#9c8e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e20;
$custom-light: #bdae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64017,
    "c": 0.1238,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E20

secondary

#5763C1

accent

#52E93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E20

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

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