#9C991F#9C991F

#9C991F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.134 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C991F
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 31)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 80.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -12.68, 58.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 60.17, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.0416 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.134 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3499, 29.9502, 5.7417)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C991F #1F229C

analogous

#9C5B1F #9C991F #619C1F

triadic

#9C991F #1F9C99 #991F9C

tetradic

#9C991F #1F9C5B #1F229C #9C1F61

square

#9C991F #1F9C5B #1F229C #9C1F61

split-complementary

#9C991F #1F619C #5B1F9C

monochromatic

#36350B #696715 #9C991F #CFCB29 #DEDB58

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9C991F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#9C991F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C991F

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C991F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C991F	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	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)

#A8972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c991f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.134 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb667',
    500: '#9c991f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c991f;
$custom-light: #bdb667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c991f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 66.845,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66472,
    "c": 0.13424,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C991F

secondary

#5558C1

accent

#42EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C991F

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

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