#9C9519#9C9519

#9C9519 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.133 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9519
RGB	rgb(156, 149, 25)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 84%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.46, -10.77, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.46, 60.47, 100.26°)
OKLab	oklab(65.54% -0.0367 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(65.54% 0.133 106)
XYZ	xyz(24.6343, 28.6340, 5.1488)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9519 #19209C

analogous

#9C5319 #9C9519 #619C19

triadic

#9C9519 #199C95 #95199C

tetradic

#9C9519 #199C53 #19209C #9C1961

square

#9C9519 #199C53 #19209C #9C1961

split-complementary

#9C9519 #19619C #53199C

monochromatic

#333008 #676311 #9C9519 #D1C721 #E2DA4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#9C9519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#9C9519 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9519

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9519	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 149, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.133 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb364',
    500: '#9c9519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9519;
$custom-light: #bdb364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65543,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.28633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9519

secondary

#4C53C4

accent

#42EF39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9519

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

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