#9C992B#9C992B

#9C992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.128 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C992B
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 72.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.68, -12.17, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.68, 56.16, 102.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0391 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.128 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5385, 30.0256, 6.7353)
Luminance	0.3003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C992B #2B2E9C

analogous

#9C612B #9C992B #679C2B

triadic

#9C992B #2B9C99 #992B9C

tetradic

#9C992B #2B9C61 #2B2E9C #9C2B67

square

#9C992B #2B9C61 #2B2E9C #9C2B67

split-complementary

#9C992B #2B679C #612B9C

monochromatic

#3C3B11 #6C6A1E #9C992B #C9C53B #D6D36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9C992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#9C992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C992B

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C992B	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.128 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb66c',
    500: '#9c992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c992b;
$custom-light: #bcb66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.407,
    "s": 56.784,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66544,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C992B

secondary

#6668BD

accent

#4CE048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C992B

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

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