#9C9E1E#9C9E1E

#9C9E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.140 H 110.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9E1E
RGB	rgb(156, 158, 30)
HSL	hsl(61, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(61, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -15.33, 60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 62.26, 104.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0491 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.14 110.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1725, 31.6161, 5.9519)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9E1E #201E9E

analogous

#9E601E #9C9E1E #5C9E1E

triadic

#9C9E1E #1E9C9E #9E1E9C

tetradic

#9C9E1E #1E9E60 #201E9E #9E1E5C

square

#9C9E1E #1E9E60 #201E9E #9E1E5C

split-complementary

#9C9E1E #1E5C9E #601E9E

monochromatic

#36370A #696B14 #9C9E1E #CFD128 #DDDF57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9C9E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#9C9E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9E1E

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9E1E	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)

#AC9A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 158, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.140 110.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdba67',
    500: '#9c9e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9e1e;
$custom-light: #bdba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.938,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67599,
    "c": 0.13963,
    "h": 110.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9E1E

secondary

#5755C3

accent

#3DEB40

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9E1E

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

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