#9B9723#9B9723

#9B9723 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.130 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9723
RGB	rgb(155, 151, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 77.4%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -11.92, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 58.19, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% -0.0391 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.13 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.8886, 29.2240, 5.9196)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9723 #23279B

analogous

#9B5B23 #9B9723 #639B23

triadic

#9B9723 #239B97 #97239B

tetradic

#9B9723 #239B5B #23279B #9B2363

square

#9B9723 #239B5B #23279B #9B2363

split-complementary

#9B9723 #23639B #5B239B

monochromatic

#37360C #696618 #9B9723 #CDC82E #DBD65E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9B9723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#9B9723 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9723

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9723	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 151, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.130 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb568',
    500: '#9b9723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9723;
$custom-light: #bcb568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65952,
    "c": 0.13047,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9723

secondary

#5A5EBF

accent

#47E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9723

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

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