#9C9526#9C9526

#9C9526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.127 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9526
RGB	rgb(156, 149, 38)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 75.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -10.28, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 56.48, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% -0.0343 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.127 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8086, 28.7037, 6.0669)
Luminance	0.2870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9526 #262D9C

analogous

#9C5A26 #9C9526 #689C26

triadic

#9C9526 #269C95 #95269C

tetradic

#9C9526 #269C5A #262D9C #9C2668

square

#9C9526 #269C5A #262D9C #9C2668

split-complementary

#9C9526 #26689C #5A269C

monochromatic

#3A370E #6B661A #9C9526 #CDC432 #D9D263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#9C9526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#9C9526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9526

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9526	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)

#A28F0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 149, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.127 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb369',
    500: '#9c9526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9526;
$custom-light: #bdb369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 60.825,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65612,
    "c": 0.12672,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9526

secondary

#5F65BF

accent

#4DE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9526

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

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