#9C9424#9C9424

#9C9424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.127 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9424
RGB	rgb(156, 148, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 76.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, -9.84, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 56.82, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0332 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.127 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6197, 28.3761, 5.8490)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9424 #242C9C

analogous

#9C5824 #9C9424 #689C24

triadic

#9C9424 #249C94 #94249C

tetradic

#9C9424 #249C58 #242C9C #9C2468

square

#9C9424 #249C58 #242C9C #9C2468

split-complementary

#9C9424 #24689C #58249C

monochromatic

#39360D #6A6519 #9C9424 #CEC32F #DAD260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#9C9424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#9C9424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9424

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9424	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 148, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.127 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb368',
    500: '#9c9424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9424;
$custom-light: #bdb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65376,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9424

secondary

#5C63BF

accent

#4DE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9424

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

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