#9C9D1D#9C9D1D

#9C9D1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.139 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9D1D
RGB	rgb(156, 157, 29)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 81.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -14.85, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 62.17, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0478 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.139 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9900, 31.2714, 5.8291)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9D1D #1E1D9D

analogous

#9D5E1D #9C9D1D #5C9D1D

triadic

#9C9D1D #1D9C9D #9D1D9C

tetradic

#9C9D1D #1D9D5E #1E1D9D #9D1D5C

square

#9C9D1D #1D9D5E #1E1D9D #9D1D5C

split-complementary

#9C9D1D #1D5C9D #5E1D9D

monochromatic

#35360A #696913 #9C9D1D #CFD127 #DEE055

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9C9D1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#9C9D1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9D1D

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9D1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9D1D	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9d1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 157, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.139 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb966',
    500: '#9c9d1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9d1d;
$custom-light: #bdb966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9d1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.469,
    "s": 68.817,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67368,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9D1D

secondary

#5453C3

accent

#3CEC3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9D1D

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

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