#9C992E#9C992E

#9C992E 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	#9C992E
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 70.5%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, -12.01, 53.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 55.03, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0383 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.126 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.5956, 30.0485, 7.0359)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C992E #2E319C

analogous

#9C622E #9C992E #689C2E

triadic

#9C992E #2E9C99 #992E9C

tetradic

#9C992E #2E9C62 #2E319C #9C2E68

square

#9C992E #2E9C62 #2E319C #9C2E68

split-complementary

#9C992E #2E689C #622E9C

monochromatic

#3D3C12 #6D6B20 #9C992E #C7C340 #D5D270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9C992E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#9C992E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C992E

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C992E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C992E	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)

#A6931D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c992e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.126 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb66e',
    500: '#9c992e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c992e;
$custom-light: #bcb66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c992e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.364,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66566,
    "c": 0.12559,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C992E

secondary

#6A6CBC

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C992E

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

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