#9C962B#9C962B

#9C962B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.125 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C962B
RGB	rgb(156, 150, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 72.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, -10.58, 54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 55.03, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% -0.0346 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.125 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.0537, 29.0559, 6.5737)
Luminance	0.2905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C962B #2B319C

analogous

#9C5E2B #9C962B #6A9C2B

triadic

#9C962B #2B9C96 #962B9C

tetradic

#9C962B #2B9C5E #2B319C #9C2B6A

square

#9C962B #2B9C5E #2B319C #9C2B6A

split-complementary

#9C962B #2B6A9C #5E2B9C

monochromatic

#3C3A11 #6C681E #9C962B #C9C13B #D6D16B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9C962B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#9C962B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C962B

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C962B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C962B	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	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)

#A39019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c962b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 150, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.125 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb46c',
    500: '#9c962b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c962b;
$custom-light: #bcb46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c962b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.814,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65871,
    "c": 0.1246,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C962B

secondary

#666ABD

accent

#50E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C962B

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

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