#9C9823#9C9823

#9C9823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.131 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9823
RGB	rgb(156, 152, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.35, -12.00, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.35, 58.57, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% -0.0394 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.131 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2429, 29.6466, 5.9825)
Luminance	0.2965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9823 #23279C

analogous

#9C5C23 #9C9823 #639C23

triadic

#9C9823 #239C98 #98239C

tetradic

#9C9823 #239C5C #23279C #9C2363

square

#9C9823 #239C5C #23279C #9C2363

split-complementary

#9C9823 #23639C #5C239C

monochromatic

#38370D #6A6718 #9C9823 #CEC92E #DBD75E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9C9823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#9C9823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9823

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9823	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59204

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 152, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.131 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb668',
    500: '#9c9823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9823;
$custom-light: #bdb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.017,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66268,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9823

secondary

#5B5EC0

accent

#47E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9823

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

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