#9C9624#9C9624

#9C9624 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.129 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9624
RGB	rgb(156, 150, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 76.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -10.90, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 57.52, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0362 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.129 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9361, 29.0089, 5.9545)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9624 #242A9C

analogous

#9C5A24 #9C9624 #669C24

triadic

#9C9624 #249C96 #96249C

tetradic

#9C9624 #249C5A #242A9C #9C2466

square

#9C9624 #249C5A #242A9C #9C2466

split-complementary

#9C9624 #24669C #5A249C

monochromatic

#39360D #6A6619 #9C9624 #CEC62F #DAD460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9C9624 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9C9624 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9624

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9624	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9624	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)

#A39009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9624;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 150, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.129 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb468',
    500: '#9c9624',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9624;
$custom-light: #bdb468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9624",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65824,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9624

secondary

#5C61BF

accent

#4AE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9624

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

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