#9C9520#9C9520

#9C9520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.130 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9520
RGB	rgb(156, 149, 32)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, -10.53, 57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 58.46, 100.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.58% -0.0355 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(65.58% 0.13 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7195, 28.6680, 5.5976)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9520 #20279C

analogous

#9C5720 #9C9520 #659C20

triadic

#9C9520 #209C95 #95209C

tetradic

#9C9520 #209C57 #20279C #9C2065

square

#9C9520 #209C57 #20279C #9C2065

split-complementary

#9C9520 #20659C #57209C

monochromatic

#36340B #696416 #9C9520 #CFC62A #DDD659

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#9C9520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#9C9520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9520

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9520	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)

#A5942A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 149, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.130 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb367',
    500: '#9c9520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9520;
$custom-light: #bdb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65577,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9520

secondary

#575DC1

accent

#49E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9520

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

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