#9C9922#9C9922

#9C9922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.133 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9922
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 78.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, -12.57, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 59.25, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0411 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.133 108)
XYZ	xyz(25.3913, 29.9667, 5.9597)
Luminance	0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9922 #22259C

analogous

#9C5C22 #9C9922 #629C22

triadic

#9C9922 #229C99 #99229C

tetradic

#9C9922 #229C5C #22259C #9C2262

square

#9C9922 #229C5C #22259C #9C2262

split-complementary

#9C9922 #22629C #5C229C

monochromatic

#38360C #6A6817 #9C9922 #CECA2D #DCD95D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9C9922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#9C9922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9922

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9922	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)

#A69301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.133 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb668',
    500: '#9c9922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9922;
$custom-light: #bdb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.525,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66488,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.29966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9922

secondary

#5A5CC0

accent

#45E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9922

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

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