#9B8A23#9B8A23

#9B8A23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.119 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8A23
RGB	rgb(155, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, -4.93, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 53.83, 95.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0194 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.119 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9106, 25.2680, 5.2602)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8A23 #23349B

analogous

#9B4E23 #9B8A23 #709B23

triadic

#9B8A23 #239B8A #8A239B

tetradic

#9B8A23 #239B4E #23349B #9B2370

square

#9B8A23 #239B4E #23349B #9B2370

split-complementary

#9B8A23 #23709B #4E239B

monochromatic

#37310C #695E18 #9B8A23 #CDB62E #DBC95E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#9B8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#9B8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8A23

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8A23	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.119 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab67',
    500: '#9b8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8a23;
$custom-light: #bcab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63054,
    "c": 0.11891,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8A23

secondary

#5A69BF

accent

#59E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8A23

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

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