#9C9020#9C9020

#9C9020 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.126 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9020
RGB	rgb(156, 144, 32)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.09, -7.85, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.09, 56.80, 97.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.028 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.126 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.9454, 27.1198, 5.3396)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9020 #202C9C

analogous

#9C5220 #9C9020 #6A9C20

triadic

#9C9020 #209C90 #90209C

tetradic

#9C9020 #209C52 #202C9C #9C206A

square

#9C9020 #209C52 #202C9C #9C206A

split-complementary

#9C9020 #206A9C #52209C

monochromatic

#36320B #696116 #9C9020 #CFBF2A #DDD059

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9C9020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#9C9020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9020

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9020	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)

#9E8B02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 144, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.126 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb066',
    500: '#9c9020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9020;
$custom-light: #bdb066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64461,
    "c": 0.1255,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9020

secondary

#5761C1

accent

#4FE93F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9020

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

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