#9D8523#9D8523

#9D8523 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.115 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8523
RGB	rgb(157, 133, 35)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.15, -1.26, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.15, 52.59, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% -0.0091 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.115 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5968, 24.0658, 5.0447)
Luminance	0.2407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8523 #233B9D

analogous

#9D4823 #9D8523 #789D23

triadic

#9D8523 #239D85 #85239D

tetradic

#9D8523 #239D48 #233B9D #9D2378

square

#9D8523 #239D48 #233B9D #9D2378

split-complementary

#9D8523 #23789D #48239D

monochromatic

#39300D #6B5B18 #9D8523 #CFAF2E #DBC35F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9D8523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#9D8523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8523

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8523	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948210

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 133, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.115 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea866',
    500: '#9d8523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8523;
$custom-light: #bea866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62164,
    "c": 0.11538,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8523

secondary

#5C6FC0

accent

#62E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8523

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

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