#9C991D#9C991D

#9C991D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.135 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C991D
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 29)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 81.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, -12.75, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 60.74, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.042 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.135 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3243, 29.9400, 5.6072)
Luminance	0.2994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C991D #1D209C

analogous

#9C5A1D #9C991D #609C1D

triadic

#9C991D #1D9C99 #991D9C

tetradic

#9C991D #1D9C5A #1D209C #9C1D60

square

#9C991D #1D9C5A #1D209C #9C1D60

split-complementary

#9C991D #1D609C #5A1D9C

monochromatic

#35340A #686613 #9C991D #D0CC27 #DFDC54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9C991D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#9C991D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C991D

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C991D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C991D	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c991d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.135 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb666',
    500: '#9c991d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c991d;
$custom-light: #bdb666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c991d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 68.649,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66462,
    "c": 0.13517,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C991D

secondary

#5255C2

accent

#40EB3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C991D

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

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