#9C8F23#9C8F23

#9C8F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.123 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C8F23
RGB	rgb(156, 143, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -7.19, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 55.48, 97.45°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.0259 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.123 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.8372, 26.8353, 5.5139)
Luminance	0.2683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C8F23 #23309C

analogous

#9C5323 #9C8F23 #6C9C23

triadic

#9C8F23 #239C8F #8F239C

tetradic

#9C8F23 #239C53 #23309C #9C236C

square

#9C8F23 #239C53 #23309C #9C236C

split-complementary

#9C8F23 #236C9C #53239C

monochromatic

#38330D #6A6118 #9C8F23 #CEBD2E #DBCE5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#9C8F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#9C8F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C8F23

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C8F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C8F23	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c8f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 143, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.123 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdaf67',
    500: '#9c8f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c8f23;
$custom-light: #bdaf67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c8f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.554,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64256,
    "c": 0.12303,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C8F23

secondary

#5B66C0

accent

#53E641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C8F23

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

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