#9A8523#9A8523

#9A8523 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8523
RGB	rgb(154, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 77.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.85, -2.64, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.85, 52.25, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0129 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.115 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0185, 23.7676, 5.0176)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8523 #23389A

analogous

#9A4A23 #9A8523 #749A23

triadic

#9A8523 #239A85 #85239A

tetradic

#9A8523 #239A4A #23389A #9A2374

square

#9A8523 #239A4A #23389A #9A2374

split-complementary

#9A8523 #23749A #4A239A

monochromatic

#362F0C #685A18 #9A8523 #CCB02E #DAC45D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9A8523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#9A8523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8523

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8523	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca866',
    500: '#9a8523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8523;
$custom-light: #bca866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61858,
    "c": 0.11506,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8523

secondary

#5A6CBF

accent

#5FE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8523

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

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