#9B8D23#9B8D23

#9B8D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.121 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D23
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -6.56, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 54.77, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.0241 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.121 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.3469, 26.1407, 5.4057)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D23 #23319B

analogous

#9B5123 #9B8D23 #6D9B23

triadic

#9B8D23 #239B8D #8D239B

tetradic

#9B8D23 #239B51 #23319B #9B236D

square

#9B8D23 #239B51 #23319B #9B236D

split-complementary

#9B8D23 #236D9B #51239B

monochromatic

#37320C #696018 #9B8D23 #CDBA2E #DBCC5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#9B8D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#9B8D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D23

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D23	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B890C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.121 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae67',
    500: '#9b8d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d23;
$custom-light: #bcae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63717,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D23

secondary

#5A66BF

accent

#55E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D23

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

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