#9C9936#9C9936

#9C9936 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.120 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9936
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 65.4%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, -11.54, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 51.79, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0362 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.12 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7683, 30.1175, 7.9452)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9936 #36399C

analogous

#9C6636 #9C9936 #6C9C36

triadic

#9C9936 #369C99 #99369C

tetradic

#9C9936 #369C66 #36399C #9C366C

square

#9C9936 #369C66 #36399C #9C366C

split-complementary

#9C9936 #366C9C #66369C

monochromatic

#414017 #6F6C26 #9C9936 #C2BE4E #D1CF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9C9936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#9C9936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9936

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9936	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.120 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb672',
    500: '#9c9936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9936;
$custom-light: #bcb672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66633,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9936

secondary

#7476BA

accent

#54D850

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9936

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

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