#9C9822#9C9822

#9C9822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.132 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9822
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -12.04, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 58.89, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.0396 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.132 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2283, 29.6408, 5.9054)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9822 #22269C

analogous

#9C5B22 #9C9822 #639C22

triadic

#9C9822 #229C98 #98229C

tetradic

#9C9822 #229C5B #22269C #9C2263

square

#9C9822 #229C5B #22269C #9C2263

split-complementary

#9C9822 #22639C #5B229C

monochromatic

#38360C #6A6717 #9C9822 #CEC92D #DCD75D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9C9822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#9C9822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9822

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9822	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.132 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb668',
    500: '#9c9822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9822;
$custom-light: #bdb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66262,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9822

secondary

#5A5DC0

accent

#46E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9822

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

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