#9C9722#9C9722

#9C9722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.131 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9722
RGB	rgb(156, 151, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, -11.51, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 58.53, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0381 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.131 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0667, 29.3175, 5.8515)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9722 #22279C

analogous

#9C5A22 #9C9722 #649C22

triadic

#9C9722 #229C97 #97229C

tetradic

#9C9722 #229C5A #22279C #9C2264

square

#9C9722 #229C5A #22279C #9C2264

split-complementary

#9C9722 #22649C #5A229C

monochromatic

#38360C #6A6617 #9C9722 #CEC82D #DCD65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9C9722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#9C9722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9722

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9722	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)

#A49102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 151, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.131 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb568',
    500: '#9c9722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9722;
$custom-light: #bdb568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.541,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66037,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9722

secondary

#5A5EC0

accent

#47E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9722

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

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