#9C9C2A#9C9C2A

#9C9C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.131 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9C2A
RGB	rgb(156, 156, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 73.1%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -13.79, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 57.68, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0437 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.131 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0176, 31.0128, 6.8056)
Luminance	0.3101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9C2A #2A2A9C

analogous

#9C632A #9C9C2A #639C2A

triadic

#9C9C2A #2A9C9C #9C2A9C

tetradic

#9C9C2A #2A9C63 #2A2A9C #9C2A63

square

#9C9C2A #2A9C63 #2A2A9C #9C2A63

split-complementary

#9C9C2A #2A639C #632A9C

monochromatic

#3C3C10 #6C6C1D #9C9C2A #CACA39 #D7D76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9C9C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#9C9C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9C2A

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9C2A	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99514

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 156, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.131 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb96c',
    500: '#9c9c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9c2a;
$custom-light: #bdb96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67215,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9C2A

secondary

#6565BD

accent

#47E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9C2A

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

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