#9C992D#9C992D

#9C992D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.126 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C992D
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 45)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 71.2%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -12.07, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 55.41, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0386 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.126 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5761, 30.0407, 6.9333)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C992D #2D309C

analogous

#9C612D #9C992D #689C2D

triadic

#9C992D #2D9C99 #992D9C

tetradic

#9C992D #2D9C61 #2D309C #9C2D68

square

#9C992D #2D9C61 #2D309C #9C2D68

split-complementary

#9C992D #2D689C #612D9C

monochromatic

#3D3C12 #6D6A1F #9C992D #C8C43F #D5D26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9C992D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#9C992D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C992D

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C992D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C992D	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)

#A6931B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c992d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.126 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb66d',
    500: '#9c992d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c992d;
$custom-light: #bcb66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c992d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66559,
    "c": 0.12625,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C992D

secondary

#686BBC

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C992D

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

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