#9D9C1B#9D9C1B

#9D9C1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.139 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9C1B
RGB	rgb(157, 156, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 82.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -13.94, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 62.35, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0455 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.139 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.9920, 31.0250, 5.6560)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9C1B #1B1C9D

analogous

#9D5B1B #9D9C1B #5D9D1B

triadic

#9D9C1B #1B9D9C #9C1B9D

tetradic

#9D9C1B #1B9D5B #1B1C9D #9D1B5D

square

#9D9C1B #1B9D5B #1B1C9D #9D1B5D

split-complementary

#9D9C1B #1B5D9D #5B1B9D

monochromatic

#353409 #696812 #9D9C1B #D1D024 #E1E051

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9D9C1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#9D9C1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9C1B

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9C1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9C1B	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	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)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9c1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 156, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.139 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb866',
    500: '#9d9c1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9c1b;
$custom-light: #beb866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9c1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.538,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6722,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9C1B

secondary

#5051C4

accent

#3CED3A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9C1B

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

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