#9C9720#9C9720

#9C9720 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.132 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9720
RGB	rgb(156, 151, 32)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 79.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, -11.59, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 59.16, 101.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.03% -0.0385 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(66.03% 0.132 107)
XYZ	xyz(25.0387, 29.3063, 5.7040)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9720 #20259C

analogous

#9C5920 #9C9720 #639C20

triadic

#9C9720 #209C97 #97209C

tetradic

#9C9720 #209C59 #20259C #9C2063

square

#9C9720 #209C59 #20259C #9C2063

split-complementary

#9C9720 #20639C #59209C

monochromatic

#36350B #696616 #9C9720 #CFC82A #DDD859

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9C9720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#9C9720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9720

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9720	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 151, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.132 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb567',
    500: '#9c9720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9720;
$custom-light: #bdb567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66026,
    "c": 0.13184,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.29305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9720

secondary

#575BC1

accent

#46E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9720

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

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