#9C992A#9C992A

#9C992A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.128 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C992A
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.67, -12.22, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.67, 56.53, 102.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0393 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.128 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5204, 30.0184, 6.6399)
Luminance	0.3002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C992A #2A2D9C

analogous

#9C602A #9C992A #669C2A

triadic

#9C992A #2A9C99 #992A9C

tetradic

#9C992A #2A9C60 #2A2D9C #9C2A66

square

#9C992A #2A9C60 #2A2D9C #9C2A66

split-complementary

#9C992A #2A669C #602A9C

monochromatic

#3C3A10 #6C6A1D #9C992A #CAC639 #D7D46A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9C992A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#9C992A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C992A

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C992A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C992A	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)

#A69315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c992a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.128 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb66c',
    500: '#9c992a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c992a;
$custom-light: #bdb66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c992a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66537,
    "c": 0.12819,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C992A

secondary

#6567BD

accent

#4BE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C992A

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

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