#9C8B23#9C8B23

#9C8B23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.120 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8B23
RGB	rgb(156, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -5.02, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 54.21, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(63.37% -0.0197 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(63.37% 0.12 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2474, 25.6557, 5.3173)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8B23 #23349C

analogous

#9C4E23 #9C8B23 #719C23

triadic

#9C8B23 #239C8B #8B239C

tetradic

#9C8B23 #239C4E #23349C #9C2371

square

#9C8B23 #239C4E #23349C #9C2371

split-complementary

#9C8B23 #23719C #4E239C

monochromatic

#38320D #6A5E18 #9C8B23 #CEB82E #DBC95E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#9C8B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#9C8B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8B23

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8B23	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.120 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdac67',
    500: '#9c8b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8b23;
$custom-light: #bdac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63373,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8B23

secondary

#5B69C0

accent

#59E641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8B23

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

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