#9C8A23#9C8A23

#9C8A23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.119 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8A23
RGB	rgb(156, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.43, -4.47, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.43, 53.91, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.0182 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.119 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1033, 25.3674, 5.2693)
Luminance	0.2537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8A23 #23359C

analogous

#9C4D23 #9C8A23 #729C23

triadic

#9C8A23 #239C8A #8A239C

tetradic

#9C8A23 #239C4D #23359C #9C2372

square

#9C8A23 #239C4D #23359C #9C2372

split-complementary

#9C8A23 #23729C #4D239C

monochromatic

#38320D #6A5E18 #9C8A23 #CEB62E #DBC85E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#9C8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#9C8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8A23

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8A23	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.119 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdab67',
    500: '#9c8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8a23;
$custom-light: #bdab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63153,
    "c": 0.11893,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8A23

secondary

#5B6AC0

accent

#5AE641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8A23

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

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