#9C8C23#9C8C23

#9C8C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.121 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8C23
RGB	rgb(156, 140, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.3%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, -5.56, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 54.52, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.0213 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.121 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3929, 25.9466, 5.3658)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8C23 #23339C

analogous

#9C4F23 #9C8C23 #709C23

triadic

#9C8C23 #239C8C #8C239C

tetradic

#9C8C23 #239C4F #23339C #9C2370

square

#9C8C23 #239C4F #23339C #9C2370

split-complementary

#9C8C23 #23709C #4F239C

monochromatic

#38320D #6A5F18 #9C8C23 #CEB92E #DBCB5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#9C8C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#9C8C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8C23

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8C23	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A880C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 140, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.121 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdad67',
    500: '#9c8c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8c23;
$custom-light: #bdad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63593,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8C23

secondary

#5B68C0

accent

#57E641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8C23

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

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