#9C9924#9C9924

#9C9924 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.132 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9924
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 76.9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, -12.49, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 58.61, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0406 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.132 108)
XYZ	xyz(25.4210, 29.9786, 6.1161)
Luminance	0.2998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9924 #24279C

analogous

#9C5D24 #9C9924 #639C24

triadic

#9C9924 #249C99 #99249C

tetradic

#9C9924 #249C5D #24279C #9C2463

square

#9C9924 #249C5D #24279C #9C2463

split-complementary

#9C9924 #24639C #5D249C

monochromatic

#39370D #6A6819 #9C9924 #CECA2F #DAD760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9C9924 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#9C9924 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9924

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9924	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9924	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69306

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9924;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.132 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb669',
    500: '#9c9924',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9924;
$custom-light: #bdb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9924",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66499,
    "c": 0.13169,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.29978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9924

secondary

#5C5FBF

accent

#46E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9924

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

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