#9B8023#9B8023

#9B8023 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.112 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8023
RGB	rgb(155, 128, 35)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 0.60, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 51.03, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0037 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.112 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5413, 22.5296, 4.8038)
Luminance	0.2253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8023 #233E9B

analogous

#9B4423 #9B8023 #7A9B23

triadic

#9B8023 #239B80 #80239B

tetradic

#9B8023 #239B44 #233E9B #9B237A

square

#9B8023 #239B44 #233E9B #9B237A

split-complementary

#9B8023 #237A9B #44239B

monochromatic

#372E0C #695718 #9B8023 #CDA92E #DBBF5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#9B8023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#9B8023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8023

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8023	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 128, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.112 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca465',
    500: '#9b8023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8023;
$custom-light: #bca465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60878,
    "c": 0.11188,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8023

secondary

#5A71BF

accent

#67E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8023

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

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