#9A8623#9A8623

#9A8623 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.116 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8623
RGB	rgb(154, 134, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 77.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, -3.19, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 52.54, 93.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0145 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.116 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.1560, 24.0427, 5.0635)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8623 #23379A

analogous

#9A4B23 #9A8623 #739A23

triadic

#9A8623 #239A86 #86239A

tetradic

#9A8623 #239A4B #23379A #9A2373

square

#9A8623 #239A4B #23379A #9A2373

split-complementary

#9A8623 #23739A #4B239A

monochromatic

#362F0C #685B18 #9A8623 #CCB12E #DAC55D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#9A8623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#9A8623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8623

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8623	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94830F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 134, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.116 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca866',
    500: '#9a8623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8623;
$custom-light: #bca866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62076,
    "c": 0.1158,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8623

secondary

#5A6BBF

accent

#5DE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8623

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

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