#9C9E1A#9C9E1A

#9C9E1A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.141 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9E1A
RGB	rgb(156, 158, 26)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -15.46, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 63.32, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0497 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.141 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1246, 31.5970, 5.6998)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9E1A #1C1A9E

analogous

#9E5E1A #9C9E1A #5A9E1A

triadic

#9C9E1A #1A9C9E #9E1A9C

tetradic

#9C9E1A #1A9E5E #1C1A9E #9E1A5A

square

#9C9E1A #1A9E5E #1C1A9E #9E1A5A

split-complementary

#9C9E1A #1A5A9E #5E1A9E

monochromatic

#343509 #686911 #9C9E1A #D0D323 #E0E250

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9C9E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#9C9E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9E1A

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9E1A	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 158, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.141 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdba65',
    500: '#9c9e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9e1a;
$custom-light: #bdba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.909,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67582,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9E1A

secondary

#514FC5

accent

#39EE3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9E1A

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

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