#9C9833#9C9833

#9C9833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.121 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9833
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 67.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, -11.20, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 52.64, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.0355 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.121 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5370, 29.7642, 7.5312)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9833 #33379C

analogous

#9C6333 #9C9833 #6B9C33

triadic

#9C9833 #339C98 #98339C

tetradic

#9C9833 #339C63 #33379C #9C336B

square

#9C9833 #339C63 #33379C #9C336B

split-complementary

#9C9833 #336B9C #63339C

monochromatic

#403E15 #6E6B24 #9C9833 #C3BF49 #D3CF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#9C9833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#9C9833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9833

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9833	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7963A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.121 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb670',
    500: '#9c9833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9833;
$custom-light: #bcb670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.714,
    "s": 50.725,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66382,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9833

secondary

#7073BB

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9833

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

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