#9B9623#9B9623

#9B9623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.130 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9623
RGB	rgb(155, 150, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -11.39, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 57.83, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.0376 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.13 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7283, 28.9035, 5.8661)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9623 #23289B

analogous

#9B5A23 #9B9623 #649B23

triadic

#9B9623 #239B96 #96239B

tetradic

#9B9623 #239B5A #23289B #9B2364

square

#9B9623 #239B5A #23289B #9B2364

split-complementary

#9B9623 #23649B #5A239B

monochromatic

#37350C #696618 #9B9623 #CDC62E #DBD55E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9B9623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9B9623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9623

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9623	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 150, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.130 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb468',
    500: '#9b9623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9623;
$custom-light: #bcb468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65727,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9623

secondary

#5A5FBF

accent

#48E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9623

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

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