#9A8723#9A8723

#9A8723 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.117 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8723
RGB	rgb(154, 135, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 77.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -3.74, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 52.83, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.3% -0.016 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(62.3% 0.117 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2949, 24.3205, 5.1098)
Luminance	0.2432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8723 #23369A

analogous

#9A4C23 #9A8723 #729A23

triadic

#9A8723 #239A87 #87239A

tetradic

#9A8723 #239A4C #23369A #9A2372

square

#9A8723 #239A4C #23369A #9A2372

split-complementary

#9A8723 #23729A #4C239A

monochromatic

#36300C #685B18 #9A8723 #CCB32E #DAC65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#9A8723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#9A8723 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8723

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8723	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95840F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 135, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.117 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bba966',
    500: '#9a8723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8723;
$custom-light: #bba966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62296,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8723

secondary

#5A6ABF

accent

#5CE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8723

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

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