#9C9429#9C9429

#9C9429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.124 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9429
RGB	rgb(156, 148, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 73.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, -9.61, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 55.05, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% -0.0321 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.124 105)
XYZ	xyz(24.7015, 28.4088, 6.2797)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9429 #29319C

analogous

#9C5A29 #9C9429 #6A9C29

triadic

#9C9429 #299C94 #94299C

tetradic

#9C9429 #299C5A #29319C #9C296A

square

#9C9429 #299C5A #29319C #9C296A

split-complementary

#9C9429 #296A9C #5A299C

monochromatic

#3B3810 #6C661C #9C9429 #CBC038 #D7D068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#9C9429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#9C9429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9429

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9429	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	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)

#A18F16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 148, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.124 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb36b',
    500: '#9c9429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9429;
$custom-light: #bdb36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 58.376,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65409,
    "c": 0.12396,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.28408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9429

secondary

#6369BE

accent

#51E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9429

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

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