#9C9237#9C9237

#9C9237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.112 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9237
RGB	rgb(156, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 64.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -7.74, 47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 48.61, 99.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0253 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.112 103)
XYZ	xyz(24.6797, 27.9025, 7.6994)
Luminance	0.2790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9237 #37419C

analogous

#9C6037 #9C9237 #749C37

triadic

#9C9237 #379C92 #92379C

tetradic

#9C9237 #379C60 #37419C #9C3774

square

#9C9237 #379C60 #37419C #9C3774

split-complementary

#9C9237 #37749C #60379C

monochromatic

#423D17 #6F6827 #9C9237 #C1B64F #D1C97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9C9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#9C9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9237

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9237	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2923C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.112 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb172',
    500: '#9c9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9237;
$custom-light: #bcb172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.059,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6508,
    "c": 0.11193,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.27902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9237

secondary

#757CBA

accent

#5ED750

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F7F5ED

border

#D0CFC8

text

#121008

muted

#817F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9237

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

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