#9C9323#9C9323

#9C9323 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.127 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9323
RGB	rgb(156, 147, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.8%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -9.35, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 56.81, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.15% -0.0319 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(65.15% 0.127 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.4485, 28.0577, 5.7176)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9323 #232C9C

analogous

#9C5623 #9C9323 #699C23

triadic

#9C9323 #239C93 #93239C

tetradic

#9C9323 #239C56 #232C9C #9C2369

square

#9C9323 #239C56 #232C9C #9C2369

split-complementary

#9C9323 #23699C #56239C

monochromatic

#38350D #6A6418 #9C9323 #CEC22E #DBD25E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9C9323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#9C9323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9323

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9323	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8887E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 147, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.127 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb268',
    500: '#9c9323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9323;
$custom-light: #bdb268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65147,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9323

secondary

#5B63C0

accent

#4EE641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9323

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

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