#9C9423#9C9423

#9C9423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.127 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9423
RGB	rgb(156, 148, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -9.88, 56.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 57.16, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.37% -0.0334 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(65.37% 0.127 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6046, 28.3700, 5.7697)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9423 #232B9C

analogous

#9C5723 #9C9423 #689C23

triadic

#9C9423 #239C94 #94239C

tetradic

#9C9423 #239C57 #232B9C #9C2368

square

#9C9423 #239C57 #232B9C #9C2368

split-complementary

#9C9423 #23689C #57239C

monochromatic

#38350D #6A6518 #9C9423 #CEC32E #DBD35E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#9C9423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#9C9423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9423

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9423	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 148, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.127 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb368',
    500: '#9c9423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9423;
$custom-light: #bdb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6537,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9423

secondary

#5B62C0

accent

#4CE641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#121007

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9423

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

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