#9C9622#9C9622

#9C9622 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.130 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9622
RGB	rgb(156, 150, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -10.98, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 58.18, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0366 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.13 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9064, 28.9970, 5.7981)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9622 #22289C

analogous

#9C5922 #9C9622 #659C22

triadic

#9C9622 #229C96 #96229C

tetradic

#9C9622 #229C59 #22289C #9C2265

square

#9C9622 #229C59 #22289C #9C2265

split-complementary

#9C9622 #22659C #59229C

monochromatic

#38350C #6A6617 #9C9622 #CEC62D #DCD55D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9C9622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9C9622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9622

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9622	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)

#A39003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 150, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.130 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb468',
    500: '#9c9622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9622;
$custom-light: #bdb468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65813,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9622

secondary

#5A5FC0

accent

#49E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9622

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

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