#9C8E24#9C8E24

#9C8E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.122 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E24
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 36)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 76.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -6.61, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 54.81, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0241 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.122 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7029, 26.5424, 5.5434)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E24 #24329C

analogous

#9C5224 #9C8E24 #6E9C24

triadic

#9C8E24 #249C8E #8E249C

tetradic

#9C8E24 #249C52 #24329C #9C246E

square

#9C8E24 #249C52 #24329C #9C246E

split-complementary

#9C8E24 #246E9C #52249C

monochromatic

#39330D #6A6119 #9C8E24 #CEBB2F #DACC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9C8E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E24

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E24	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.122 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae67',
    500: '#9c8e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e24;
$custom-light: #bdae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64041,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E24

secondary

#5C68BF

accent

#55E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E24

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

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