#9C9322#9C9322

#9C9322 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.127 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9322
RGB	rgb(156, 147, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -9.39, 56.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 57.14, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0321 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.127 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4338, 28.0518, 5.6406)
Luminance	0.2805 (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

#9C9322 #222B9C

analogous

#9C5622 #9C9322 #689C22

triadic

#9C9322 #229C93 #93229C

tetradic

#9C9322 #229C56 #222B9C #9C2268

square

#9C9322 #229C56 #222B9C #9C2268

split-complementary

#9C9322 #22689C #56229C

monochromatic

#38340C #6A6417 #9C9322 #CEC22D #DCD25D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9C9322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#9C9322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9322

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9322	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8887E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 147, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.127 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb267',
    500: '#9c9322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9322;
$custom-light: #bdb267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65141,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9322

secondary

#5A61C0

accent

#4DE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9322

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

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