#9C9923#9C9923

#9C9923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.132 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9923
RGB	rgb(156, 153, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 77.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, -12.53, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 58.93, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0408 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.132 108)
XYZ	xyz(25.4059, 29.9726, 6.0368)
Luminance	0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9923 #23269C

analogous

#9C5C23 #9C9923 #639C23

triadic

#9C9923 #239C99 #99239C

tetradic

#9C9923 #239C5C #23269C #9C2363

square

#9C9923 #239C5C #23269C #9C2363

split-complementary

#9C9923 #23639C #5C239C

monochromatic

#38370D #6A6818 #9C9923 #CECA2E #DBD85E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#9C9923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#9C9923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9923

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9923	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 153, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.132 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb668',
    500: '#9c9923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9923;
$custom-light: #bdb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66493,
    "c": 0.13223,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.29972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9923

secondary

#5B5EC0

accent

#46E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9923

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

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