#9C9121#9C9121

#9C9121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.126 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9121
RGB	rgb(156, 145, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.37, -8.35, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.37, 56.80, 98.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0293 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.126 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.1113, 27.4296, 5.4629)
Luminance	0.2743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9121 #212C9C

analogous

#9C5421 #9C9121 #6A9C21

triadic

#9C9121 #219C91 #91219C

tetradic

#9C9121 #219C54 #212C9C #9C216A

square

#9C9121 #219C54 #212C9C #9C216A

split-complementary

#9C9121 #216A9C #54219C

monochromatic

#37330C #696216 #9C9121 #CFC02C #DCD15B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#9C9121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#9C9121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9121

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9121	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8867C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 145, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.126 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb066',
    500: '#9c9121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9121;
$custom-light: #bdb066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64689,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9121

secondary

#5862C1

accent

#4FE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9121

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

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