#9D8023#9D8023

#9D8023 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.112 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8023
RGB	rgb(157, 128, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 1.52, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 51.32, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0012 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.112 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.9285, 22.7292, 4.8220)
Luminance	0.2273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8023 #23409D

analogous

#9D4323 #9D8023 #7D9D23

triadic

#9D8023 #239D80 #80239D

tetradic

#9D8023 #239D43 #23409D #9D237D

square

#9D8023 #239D43 #23409D #9D237D

split-complementary

#9D8023 #237D9D #43239D

monochromatic

#392E0D #6B5718 #9D8023 #CFA92E #DBBE5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#9D8023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#9D8023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8023

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8023	1.00	3.79	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7E12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 128, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.112 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea465',
    500: '#9d8023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8023;
$custom-light: #bea465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.738,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6109,
    "c": 0.11231,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8023

secondary

#5C74C0

accent

#69E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8023

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

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