#9C9620#9C9620

#9C9620 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.131 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9620
RGB	rgb(156, 150, 32)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -11.06, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 58.81, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.037 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.131 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8784, 28.9858, 5.6506)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9620 #20269C

analogous

#9C5820 #9C9620 #649C20

triadic

#9C9620 #209C96 #96209C

tetradic

#9C9620 #209C58 #20269C #9C2064

square

#9C9620 #209C58 #20269C #9C2064

split-complementary

#9C9620 #20649C #58209C

monochromatic

#36340B #696516 #9C9620 #CFC72A #DDD759

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9C9620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9C9620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9620

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9620	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 150, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.131 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb467',
    500: '#9c9620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9620;
$custom-light: #bdb467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65802,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9620

secondary

#575CC1

accent

#47E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9620

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

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