#9C9221#9C9221

#9C9221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.127 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9221
RGB	rgb(156, 146, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 78.8%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -8.89, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 57.13, 98.95°)
OKLab	oklab(64.91% -0.0308 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(64.91% 0.127 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.2648, 27.7365, 5.5141)
Luminance	0.2773 (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

#9C9221 #212B9C

analogous

#9C5521 #9C9221 #699C21

triadic

#9C9221 #219C92 #92219C

tetradic

#9C9221 #219C55 #212B9C #9C2169

square

#9C9221 #219C55 #212B9C #9C2169

split-complementary

#9C9221 #21699C #55219C

monochromatic

#37330C #696316 #9C9221 #CFC12C #DCD25B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#9C9221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#9C9221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9221

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9221	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 146, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.127 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb167',
    500: '#9c9221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9221;
$custom-light: #bdb167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.122,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64912,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9221

secondary

#5861C1

accent

#4DE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9221

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

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