#9C9522#9C9522

#9C9522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.129 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9522
RGB	rgb(156, 149, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.50, -10.45, 56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.50, 57.83, 100.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0351 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.129 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7475, 28.6793, 5.7451)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9522 #22299C

analogous

#9C5822 #9C9522 #669C22

triadic

#9C9522 #229C95 #95229C

tetradic

#9C9522 #229C58 #22299C #9C2266

square

#9C9522 #229C58 #22299C #9C2266

split-complementary

#9C9522 #22669C #58229C

monochromatic

#38350C #6A6517 #9C9522 #CEC52D #DCD45D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#9C9522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#9C9522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9522

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9522	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 149, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.129 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb367',
    500: '#9c9522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9522;
$custom-light: #bdb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65588,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9522

secondary

#5A60C0

accent

#4AE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9522

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

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