#9A9523#9A9523

#9A9523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.129 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A9523
RGB	rgb(154, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 77.3%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.33, -11.31, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.33, 57.45, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.41% -0.0373 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(65.41% 0.129 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.3782, 28.4871, 5.8042)
Luminance	0.2849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A9523 #23289A

analogous

#9A5A23 #9A9523 #649A23

triadic

#9A9523 #239A95 #95239A

tetradic

#9A9523 #239A5A #23289A #9A2364

square

#9A9523 #239A5A #23289A #9A2364

split-complementary

#9A9523 #23649A #5A239A

monochromatic

#36350C #686518 #9A9523 #CCC52E #DAD55D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#9A9523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#9A9523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A9523

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A9523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A9523	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a9523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.129 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb368',
    500: '#9a9523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a9523;
$custom-light: #bbb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a9523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.479,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65411,
    "c": 0.12871,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A9523

secondary

#5A5EBF

accent

#49E642

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A9523

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

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