#9C9D2B#9C9D2B

#9C9D2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.132 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9D2B
RGB	rgb(156, 157, 43)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 72.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, -14.27, 55.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 57.71, 104.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.045 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.132 110)
XYZ	xyz(26.2042, 31.3570, 6.9572)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9D2B #2C2B9D

analogous

#9D652B #9C9D2B #639D2B

triadic

#9C9D2B #2B9C9D #9D2B9C

tetradic

#9C9D2B #2B9D65 #2C2B9D #9D2B63

square

#9C9D2B #2B9D65 #2C2B9D #9D2B63

split-complementary

#9C9D2B #2B639D #652B9D

monochromatic

#3D3D11 #6C6D1E #9C9D2B #C8CA3C #D6D76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9C9D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#9C9D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9D2B

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9D2B	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 157, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.132 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb96d',
    500: '#9c9d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9d2b;
$custom-light: #bcb96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.526,
    "s": 57,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67448,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.31356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9D2B

secondary

#6766BD

accent

#48E049

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9D2B

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

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