#9C9723#9C9723

#9C9723 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.130 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9723
RGB	rgb(156, 151, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -11.47, 57.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 58.21, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0379 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.13 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0813, 29.3234, 5.9286)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9723 #23289C

analogous

#9C5B23 #9C9723 #649C23

triadic

#9C9723 #239C97 #97239C

tetradic

#9C9723 #239C5B #23289C #9C2364

square

#9C9723 #239C5B #23289C #9C2364

split-complementary

#9C9723 #23649C #5B239C

monochromatic

#38360D #6A6718 #9C9723 #CEC72E #DBD65E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9C9723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#9C9723 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9723

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9723	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49105

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 151, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.130 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb568',
    500: '#9c9723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9723;
$custom-light: #bdb568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.521,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66043,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9723

secondary

#5B5FC0

accent

#48E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9723

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

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