#9C981D#9C981D

#9C981D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.134 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C981D
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 29)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 81.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -12.23, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 60.39, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0405 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.134 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1614, 29.6140, 5.5528)
Luminance	0.2961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C981D #1D219C

analogous

#9C591D #9C981D #619C1D

triadic

#9C981D #1D9C98 #981D9C

tetradic

#9C981D #1D9C59 #1D219C #9C1D61

square

#9C981D #1D9C59 #1D219C #9C1D61

split-complementary

#9C981D #1D619C #591D9C

monochromatic

#35330A #686613 #9C981D #D0CA27 #DFDB54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9C981D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#9C981D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C981D

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C981D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C981D	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c981d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.134 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb666',
    500: '#9c981d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c981d;
$custom-light: #bdb666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c981d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 68.649,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66236,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C981D

secondary

#5256C2

accent

#42EB3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C981D

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

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