#9C9022#9C9022

#9C9022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.124 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9022
RGB	rgb(156, 144, 34)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -7.77, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 56.14, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.47% -0.0276 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(64.47% 0.124 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9734, 27.1310, 5.4871)
Luminance	0.2713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9022 #222E9C

analogous

#9C5322 #9C9022 #6B9C22

triadic

#9C9022 #229C90 #90229C

tetradic

#9C9022 #229C53 #222E9C #9C226B

square

#9C9022 #229C53 #222E9C #9C226B

split-complementary

#9C9022 #226B9C #53229C

monochromatic

#38330C #6A6217 #9C9022 #CEBE2D #DCCF5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9C9022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#9C9022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9022

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9022	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 144, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.124 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb067',
    500: '#9c9022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9022;
$custom-light: #bdb067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64472,
    "c": 0.12443,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9022

secondary

#5A64C0

accent

#51E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9022

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

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