#9C8F21#9C8F21

#9C8F21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.124 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F21
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 33)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -7.27, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 56.15, 97.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0263 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.124 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.8084, 26.8237, 5.3620)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F21 #212E9C

analogous

#9C5221 #9C8F21 #6B9C21

triadic

#9C8F21 #219C8F #8F219C

tetradic

#9C8F21 #219C52 #212E9C #9C216B

square

#9C8F21 #219C52 #212E9C #9C216B

split-complementary

#9C8F21 #216B9C #52219C

monochromatic

#37320C #696116 #9C8F21 #CFBD2C #DCCF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9C8F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#9C8F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F21

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F21	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.124 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaf66',
    500: '#9c8f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f21;
$custom-light: #bdaf66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64244,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F21

secondary

#5863C1

accent

#52E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F21

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

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