#9C9623#9C9623

#9C9623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.129 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9623
RGB	rgb(156, 150, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -10.94, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 57.86, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0364 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.129 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9211, 29.0029, 5.8752)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9623 #23299C

analogous

#9C5A23 #9C9623 #659C23

triadic

#9C9623 #239C96 #96239C

tetradic

#9C9623 #239C5A #23299C #9C2365

square

#9C9623 #239C5A #23299C #9C2365

split-complementary

#9C9623 #23659C #5A239C

monochromatic

#38360D #6A6618 #9C9623 #CEC62E #DBD55E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9C9623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9C9623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9623

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9623	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 150, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.129 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb468',
    500: '#9c9623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9623;
$custom-light: #bdb468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65818,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9623

secondary

#5B60C0

accent

#4AE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9623

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

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