#9C9530#9C9530

#9C9530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.120 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9530
RGB	rgb(156, 149, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 69.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -9.78, 51.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 52.71, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0318 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.12 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9922, 28.7771, 7.0338)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9530 #30379C

analogous

#9C5F30 #9C9530 #6D9C30

triadic

#9C9530 #309C95 #95309C

tetradic

#9C9530 #309C5F #30379C #9C306D

square

#9C9530 #309C5F #30379C #9C306D

split-complementary

#9C9530 #306D9C #5F309C

monochromatic

#3E3C13 #6D6822 #9C9530 #C5BD44 #D4CD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#9C9530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#9C9530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9530

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9530	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 149, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.120 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb36f',
    500: '#9c9530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9530;
$custom-light: #bcb36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.111,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65685,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9530

secondary

#6C71BC

accent

#55DC4B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9530

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

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