#9C9619#9C9619

#9C9619 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.134 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9619
RGB	rgb(156, 150, 25)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 84%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.74, -11.30, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.74, 60.80, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0382 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.134 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7932, 28.9517, 5.2018)
Luminance	0.2895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9619 #191F9C

analogous

#9C5419 #9C9619 #609C19

triadic

#9C9619 #199C96 #96199C

tetradic

#9C9619 #199C54 #191F9C #9C1960

square

#9C9619 #199C54 #191F9C #9C1960

split-complementary

#9C9619 #19609C #54199C

monochromatic

#333108 #676311 #9C9619 #D1C921 #E2DC4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9C9619 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#9C9619 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9619

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9619	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9619	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9619;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 150, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.134 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb464',
    500: '#9c9619',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9619;
$custom-light: #bdb464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9619",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65768,
    "c": 0.13405,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9619

secondary

#4C52C4

accent

#41EF39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9619

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

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