#9D8423#9D8423

#9D8423 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.115 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8423
RGB	rgb(157, 132, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, -0.71, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 52.32, 90.77°)
OKLab	oklab(61.95% -0.0076 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(61.95% 0.115 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4605, 23.7933, 4.9993)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8423 #233C9D

analogous

#9D4723 #9D8423 #799D23

triadic

#9D8423 #239D84 #84239D

tetradic

#9D8423 #239D47 #233C9D #9D2379

square

#9D8423 #239D47 #233C9D #9D2379

split-complementary

#9D8423 #23799D #47239D

monochromatic

#39300D #6B5A18 #9D8423 #CFAE2E #DBC25F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#9D8423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#9D8423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8423

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8423	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 132, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.115 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea766',
    500: '#9d8423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8423;
$custom-light: #bea766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.705,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61948,
    "c": 0.11473,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8423

secondary

#5C70C0

accent

#63E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8423

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

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