#9C942E#9C942E

#9C942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.121 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C942E
RGB	rgb(156, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.29, -9.36, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.29, 53.14, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0308 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.121 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7943, 28.4459, 6.7688)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C942E #2E369C

analogous

#9C5D2E #9C942E #6D9C2E

triadic

#9C942E #2E9C94 #942E9C

tetradic

#9C942E #2E9C5D #2E369C #9C2E6D

square

#9C942E #2E9C5D #2E369C #9C2E6D

split-complementary

#9C942E #2E6D9C #5D2E9C

monochromatic

#3D3A12 #6D6720 #9C942E #C7BD40 #D5CD70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#9C942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#9C942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C942E

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C942E	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.121 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb36d',
    500: '#9c942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c942e;
$custom-light: #bcb36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.636,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65446,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C942E

secondary

#6A70BC

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C942E

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

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