#9C9019#9C9019

#9C9019 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.129 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9019
RGB	rgb(156, 144, 25)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 84%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -8.09, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 58.87, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.43% -0.0293 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(64.43% 0.129 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8602, 27.0857, 4.8908)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9019 #19259C

analogous

#9C4E19 #9C9019 #669C19

triadic

#9C9019 #199C90 #90199C

tetradic

#9C9019 #199C4E #19259C #9C1966

square

#9C9019 #199C4E #19259C #9C1966

split-complementary

#9C9019 #19669C #4E199C

monochromatic

#332F08 #675F11 #9C9019 #D1C121 #E2D54D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9C9019 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9C9019 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9019

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9019	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9019	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9019;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 144, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.129 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb063',
    500: '#9c9019',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9019;
$custom-light: #bdb063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9019",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64426,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9019

secondary

#4C57C4

accent

#49EF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9019

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

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