#9C9023#9C9023

#9C9023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.124 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9023
RGB	rgb(156, 144, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, -7.73, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 55.80, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.48% -0.0274 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(64.48% 0.124 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9880, 27.1368, 5.5642)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9023 #232F9C

analogous

#9C5423 #9C9023 #6B9C23

triadic

#9C9023 #239C90 #90239C

tetradic

#9C9023 #239C54 #232F9C #9C236B

square

#9C9023 #239C54 #232F9C #9C236B

split-complementary

#9C9023 #236B9C #54239C

monochromatic

#38340D #6A6218 #9C9023 #CEBE2E #DBCF5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#9C9023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#9C9023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9023

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9023	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 144, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.124 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb067',
    500: '#9c9023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9023;
$custom-light: #bdb067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.05,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64478,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9023

secondary

#5B65C0

accent

#52E641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9023

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

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