#9B9523#9B9523

#9B9523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.129 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9523
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -10.86, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 57.48, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0361 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.129 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.5694, 28.5857, 5.8132)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9523 #23299B

analogous

#9B5923 #9B9523 #659B23

triadic

#9B9523 #239B95 #95239B

tetradic

#9B9523 #239B59 #23299B #9B2365

square

#9B9523 #239B59 #23299B #9B2365

split-complementary

#9B9523 #23659B #59239B

monochromatic

#37350C #696518 #9B9523 #CDC52E #DBD45E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9B9523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#9B9523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9523

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9523	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.129 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb368',
    500: '#9b9523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9523;
$custom-light: #bcb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65502,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9523

secondary

#5A60BF

accent

#4AE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9523

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

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