#9C9219#9C9219

#9C9219 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.130 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9219
RGB	rgb(156, 146, 25)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 84%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -9.17, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 59.49, 98.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0323 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.13 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1658, 27.6969, 4.9926)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9219 #19239C

analogous

#9C5019 #9C9219 #649C19

triadic

#9C9219 #199C92 #92199C

tetradic

#9C9219 #199C50 #19239C #9C1964

square

#9C9219 #199C50 #19239C #9C1964

split-complementary

#9C9219 #19649C #50199C

monochromatic

#332F08 #676111 #9C9219 #D1C321 #E2D74D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#9C9219 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#9C9219 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9219

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9219	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9219	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39224

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8877C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9219;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 146, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.130 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb163',
    500: '#9c9219',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9219;
$custom-light: #bdb163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9219",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64872,
    "c": 0.13046,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9219

secondary

#4C55C4

accent

#47EF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9219

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

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