#9B8323#9B8323

#9B8323 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.114 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8323
RGB	rgb(155, 131, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, -1.07, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 51.81, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.53% -0.0085 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(61.53% 0.114 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9384, 23.3238, 4.9362)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8323 #233B9B

analogous

#9B4723 #9B8323 #779B23

triadic

#9B8323 #239B83 #83239B

tetradic

#9B8323 #239B47 #233B9B #9B2377

square

#9B8323 #239B47 #233B9B #9B2377

split-complementary

#9B8323 #23779B #47239B

monochromatic

#372F0C #695918 #9B8323 #CDAD2E #DBC25E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#9B8323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#9B8323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8323

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8323	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87870

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 131, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.114 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca666',
    500: '#9b8323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8323;
$custom-light: #bca666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61525,
    "c": 0.11379,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8323

secondary

#5A6FBF

accent

#63E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8323

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

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