#9C9319#9C9319

#9C9319 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.131 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9319
RGB	rgb(156, 147, 25)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 84%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -9.70, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 59.81, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.1% -0.0338 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(65.1% 0.131 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3206, 28.0065, 5.0442)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9319 #19229C

analogous

#9C5119 #9C9319 #639C19

triadic

#9C9319 #199C93 #93199C

tetradic

#9C9319 #199C51 #19229C #9C1963

square

#9C9319 #199C51 #19229C #9C1963

split-complementary

#9C9319 #19639C #51199C

monochromatic

#333008 #676111 #9C9319 #D1C521 #E2D84D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9C9319 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#9C9319 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9319

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9319	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9319	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9319;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 147, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.131 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb263',
    500: '#9c9319',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9319;
$custom-light: #bdb263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9319",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65095,
    "c": 0.13134,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9319

secondary

#4C55C4

accent

#45EF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9319

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

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