#9C9628#9C9628

#9C9628 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.126 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9628
RGB	rgb(156, 150, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 74.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.81, -10.73, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.81, 56.14, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0353 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.126 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0007, 29.0347, 6.2944)
Luminance	0.2903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9628 #282E9C

analogous

#9C5C28 #9C9628 #689C28

triadic

#9C9628 #289C96 #96289C

tetradic

#9C9628 #289C5C #282E9C #9C2868

square

#9C9628 #289C5C #282E9C #9C2868

split-complementary

#9C9628 #28689C #5C289C

monochromatic

#3B380F #6B671C #9C9628 #CBC436 #D8D267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9C9628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#9C9628 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9628

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9628	1.00	3.09	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 150, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.126 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb46a',
    500: '#9c9628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9628;
$custom-light: #bdb46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6585,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9628

secondary

#6267BE

accent

#4EE245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9628

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

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