#9C9537#9C9537

#9C9537 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.115 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9537
RGB	rgb(156, 149, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 64.7%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, -9.35, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 49.76, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.75% -0.0298 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(65.75% 0.115 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1483, 28.8395, 7.8556)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9537 #373E9C

analogous

#9C6337 #9C9537 #719C37

triadic

#9C9537 #379C95 #95379C

tetradic

#9C9537 #379C63 #373E9C #9C3771

square

#9C9537 #379C63 #373E9C #9C3771

split-complementary

#9C9537 #37719C #63379C

monochromatic

#423F17 #6F6A27 #9C9537 #C1B94F #D1CB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9C9537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#9C9537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9537

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9537	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 149, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.115 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb373',
    500: '#9c9537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9537;
$custom-light: #bcb373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.842,
    "s": 47.867,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65747,
    "c": 0.11486,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9537

secondary

#7579BA

accent

#5AD750

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9537

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

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