#9C9527#9C9527

#9C9527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.126 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9527
RGB	rgb(156, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.52, -10.24, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.52, 56.13, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.62% -0.0341 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(65.62% 0.126 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.8250, 28.7102, 6.1530)
Luminance	0.2871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9527 #272E9C

analogous

#9C5A27 #9C9527 #689C27

triadic

#9C9527 #279C95 #95279C

tetradic

#9C9527 #279C5A #272E9C #9C2768

square

#9C9527 #279C5A #272E9C #9C2768

split-complementary

#9C9527 #27689C #5A279C

monochromatic

#3A370F #6B661B #9C9527 #CCC334 #D8D265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#9C9527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#9C9527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9527

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9527	1.00	3.11	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.11	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)

#A28F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.126 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb36a',
    500: '#9c9527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9527;
$custom-light: #bdb36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.41,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65619,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9527

secondary

#6166BE

accent

#4EE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9527

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

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