#9B8923#9B8923

#9B8923 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.118 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8923
RGB	rgb(155, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, -4.38, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 53.52, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0179 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.118 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.7677, 24.9824, 5.2126)
Luminance	0.2498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8923 #23359B

analogous

#9B4D23 #9B8923 #719B23

triadic

#9B8923 #239B89 #89239B

tetradic

#9B8923 #239B4D #23359B #9B2371

square

#9B8923 #239B4D #23359B #9B2371

split-complementary

#9B8923 #23719B #4D239B

monochromatic

#37310C #695D18 #9B8923 #CDB52E #DBC85E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#9B8923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#9B8923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8923

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8923	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97850E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.118 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab66',
    500: '#9b8923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8923;
$custom-light: #bcab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62834,
    "c": 0.11812,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8923

secondary

#5A6ABF

accent

#5AE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8923

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

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