#9C9B2A#9C9B2A

#9C9B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.130 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9B2A
RGB	rgb(156, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, -13.27, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 57.29, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.0423 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.13 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8505, 30.6786, 6.7499)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9B2A #2A2B9C

analogous

#9C622A #9C9B2A #649C2A

triadic

#9C9B2A #2A9C9B #9B2A9C

tetradic

#9C9B2A #2A9C62 #2A2B9C #9C2A64

square

#9C9B2A #2A9C62 #2A2B9C #9C2A64

split-complementary

#9C9B2A #2A649C #622A9C

monochromatic

#3C3B10 #6C6B1D #9C9B2A #CAC939 #D7D66A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9C9B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#9C9B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9B2A

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9B2A	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.130 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb86c',
    500: '#9c9b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9b2a;
$custom-light: #bdb86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66989,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9B2A

secondary

#6565BD

accent

#48E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9B2A

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

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