#9C9F23#9C9F23

#9C9F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.138 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9F23
RGB	rgb(156, 159, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -15.66, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 61.17, 104.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.0496 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.138 111)
XYZ	xyz(26.4128, 31.9863, 6.3724)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9F23 #26239F

analogous

#9F6423 #9C9F23 #5E9F23

triadic

#9C9F23 #239C9F #9F239C

tetradic

#9C9F23 #239F64 #26239F #9F235E

square

#9C9F23 #239F64 #26239F #9F235E

split-complementary

#9C9F23 #235E9F #64239F

monochromatic

#3A3B0D #6B6D18 #9C9F23 #CDD12E #D9DC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9C9F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#9C9F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9F23

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9F23	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 159, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.138 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdbb69',
    500: '#9c9f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9f23;
$custom-light: #bdbb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.452,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67852,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.31986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9F23

secondary

#5F5DC1

accent

#41E745

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9F23

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

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