#9A8B23#9A8B23

#9A8B23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8B23
RGB	rgb(154, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.7%, 77.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -5.93, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 54.06, 96.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.18% -0.0222 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(63.18% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8635, 25.4577, 5.2993)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8B23 #23329A

analogous

#9A5023 #9A8B23 #6E9A23

triadic

#9A8B23 #239A8B #8B239A

tetradic

#9A8B23 #239A50 #23329A #9A236E

square

#9A8B23 #239A50 #23329A #9A236E

split-complementary

#9A8B23 #236E9A #50239A

monochromatic

#36310C #685E18 #9A8B23 #CCB82E #DACA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9A8B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9A8B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8B23

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8B23	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbac67',
    500: '#9a8b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8b23;
$custom-light: #bbac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63177,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8B23

secondary

#5A67BF

accent

#56E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8B23

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

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