#9A8A23#9A8A23

#9A8A23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8A23
RGB	rgb(154, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 77.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.24, -5.38, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.24, 53.75, 95.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0207 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.119 100)
XYZ	xyz(22.7194, 25.1694, 5.2513)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8A23 #23339A

analogous

#9A4F23 #9A8A23 #6F9A23

triadic

#9A8A23 #239A8A #8A239A

tetradic

#9A8A23 #239A4F #23339A #9A236F

square

#9A8A23 #239A4F #23339A #9A236F

split-complementary

#9A8A23 #236F9A #4F239A

monochromatic

#36310C #685D18 #9A8A23 #CCB72E #DAC95D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9A8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#9A8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8A23

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8A23	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A67F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.119 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbab66',
    500: '#9a8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8a23;
$custom-light: #bbab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62956,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.25168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8A23

secondary

#5A67BF

accent

#58E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8A23

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

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