#9C8323#9C8323

#9C8323 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.114 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8323
RGB	rgb(156, 131, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.51, -0.61, 51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.51, 51.93, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(61.63% -0.0072 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(61.63% 0.114 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.1312, 23.4232, 4.9452)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8323 #233C9C

analogous

#9C4623 #9C8323 #799C23

triadic

#9C8323 #239C83 #83239C

tetradic

#9C8323 #239C46 #233C9C #9C2379

square

#9C8323 #239C46 #233C9C #9C2379

split-complementary

#9C8323 #23799C #46239C

monochromatic

#382F0D #6A5918 #9C8323 #CEAD2E #DBC15E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#9C8323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#9C8323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8323

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8323	1.00	3.69	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928111

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 131, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.114 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda666',
    500: '#9c8323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8323;
$custom-light: #bda666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61629,
    "c": 0.11393,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8323

secondary

#5B70C0

accent

#64E641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8323

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

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