#9C8D23#9C8D23

#9C8D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8D23
RGB	rgb(156, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.26, -6.11, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.26, 54.84, 96.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0228 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5397, 26.2401, 5.4147)
Luminance	0.2624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8D23 #23329C

analogous

#9C5123 #9C8D23 #6F9C23

triadic

#9C8D23 #239C8D #8D239C

tetradic

#9C8D23 #239C51 #23329C #9C236F

square

#9C8D23 #239C51 #23329C #9C236F

split-complementary

#9C8D23 #236F9C #51239C

monochromatic

#38330D #6A6018 #9C8D23 #CEBA2E #DBCC5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#9C8D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#9C8D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8D23

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8D23	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B890C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdae67',
    500: '#9c8d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8d23;
$custom-light: #bdae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63814,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8D23

secondary

#5B68C0

accent

#56E641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8D23

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

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