#9C962E#9C962E

#9C962E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.123 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C962E
RGB	rgb(156, 150, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -10.42, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 53.88, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0339 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.123 106)
XYZ	xyz(25.1108, 29.0788, 6.8743)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C962E #2E349C

analogous

#9C5F2E #9C962E #6B9C2E

triadic

#9C962E #2E9C96 #962E9C

tetradic

#9C962E #2E9C5F #2E349C #9C2E6B

square

#9C962E #2E9C5F #2E349C #9C2E6B

split-complementary

#9C962E #2E6B9C #5F2E9C

monochromatic

#3D3B12 #6D6920 #9C962E #C7BF40 #D5CF70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9C962E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#9C962E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C962E

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C962E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C962E	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3901E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c962e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 150, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.123 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb46e',
    500: '#9c962e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c962e;
$custom-light: #bcb46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c962e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65893,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.29078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C962E

secondary

#6A6EBC

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C962E

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

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