#9C9422#9C9422

#9C9422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.128 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9422
RGB	rgb(156, 148, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -9.92, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 57.49, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0336 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.128 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5900, 28.3642, 5.6926)
Luminance	0.2836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9422 #222A9C

analogous

#9C5722 #9C9422 #679C22

triadic

#9C9422 #229C94 #94229C

tetradic

#9C9422 #229C57 #222A9C #9C2267

square

#9C9422 #229C57 #222A9C #9C2267

split-complementary

#9C9422 #22679C #57229C

monochromatic

#38350C #6A6417 #9C9422 #CEC42D #DCD35D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#9C9422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#9C9422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9422

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9422	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 148, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.128 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb367',
    500: '#9c9422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9422;
$custom-light: #bdb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65364,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9422

secondary

#5A60C0

accent

#4CE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9422

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

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