#9C8E25#9C8E25

#9C8E25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.121 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8E25
RGB	rgb(156, 142, 37)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 76.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.55, -6.57, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.55, 54.45, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.05% -0.0239 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(64.05% 0.121 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7183, 26.5486, 5.6250)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8E25 #25339C

analogous

#9C5225 #9C8E25 #6E9C25

triadic

#9C8E25 #259C8E #8E259C

tetradic

#9C8E25 #259C52 #25339C #9C256E

square

#9C8E25 #259C52 #25339C #9C256E

split-complementary

#9C8E25 #256E9C #52259C

monochromatic

#39340E #6B6119 #9C8E25 #CDBB31 #DACC62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#9C8E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#9C8E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8E25

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8E25	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)

#9C8A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 142, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.121 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae68',
    500: '#9c8e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8e25;
$custom-light: #bdae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 61.658,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64048,
    "c": 0.12103,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8E25

secondary

#5E69BF

accent

#56E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8E25

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

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