#9C9727#9C9727

#9C9727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.128 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9727
RGB	rgb(156, 151, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.09, -11.30, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.09, 56.86, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.037 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.128 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1441, 29.3485, 6.2594)
Luminance	0.2935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9727 #272C9C

analogous

#9C5C27 #9C9727 #669C27

triadic

#9C9727 #279C97 #97279C

tetradic

#9C9727 #279C5C #272C9C #9C2766

square

#9C9727 #279C5C #272C9C #9C2766

split-complementary

#9C9727 #27669C #5C279C

monochromatic

#3A380F #6B681B #9C9727 #CCC634 #D8D465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9C9727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#9C9727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9727

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9727	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 151, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.128 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb56a',
    500: '#9c9727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9727;
$custom-light: #bdb56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66068,
    "c": 0.12805,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9727

secondary

#6165BE

accent

#4BE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9727

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

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