#9C9224#9C9224

#9C9224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.125 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9224
RGB	rgb(156, 146, 36)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 76.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -8.77, 55.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 56.13, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0302 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.125 104)
XYZ	xyz(24.3087, 27.7541, 5.7453)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9224 #242E9C

analogous

#9C5624 #9C9224 #6A9C24

triadic

#9C9224 #249C92 #92249C

tetradic

#9C9224 #249C56 #242E9C #9C246A

square

#9C9224 #249C56 #242E9C #9C246A

split-complementary

#9C9224 #246A9C #56249C

monochromatic

#39350D #6A6319 #9C9224 #CEC12F #DAD060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#9C9224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#9C9224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9224

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9224	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)

#A08D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 146, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.125 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb168',
    500: '#9c9224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9224;
$custom-light: #bdb168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64929,
    "c": 0.1251,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.27753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9224

secondary

#5C65BF

accent

#50E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9224

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

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