#9C8523#9C8523

#9C8523 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.115 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8523
RGB	rgb(156, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -1.72, 52.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 52.47, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0104 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.115 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4024, 23.9656, 5.0356)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8523 #233A9C

analogous

#9C4823 #9C8523 #779C23

triadic

#9C8523 #239C85 #85239C

tetradic

#9C8523 #239C48 #233A9C #9C2377

square

#9C8523 #239C48 #233A9C #9C2377

split-complementary

#9C8523 #23779C #48239C

monochromatic

#38300D #6A5A18 #9C8523 #CEB02E #DBC35E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#9C8523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#9C8523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8523

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8523	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.115 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda866',
    500: '#9c8523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8523;
$custom-light: #bda866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.595,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62062,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8523

secondary

#5B6EC0

accent

#61E641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8523

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

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