#9D8623#9D8623

#9D8623 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.116 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8623
RGB	rgb(157, 134, 35)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -1.81, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 52.86, 91.97°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0107 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.116 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7343, 24.3409, 5.0906)
Luminance	0.2434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8623 #233A9D

analogous

#9D4923 #9D8623 #779D23

triadic

#9D8623 #239D86 #86239D

tetradic

#9D8623 #239D49 #233A9D #9D2377

square

#9D8623 #239D49 #233A9D #9D2377

split-complementary

#9D8623 #23779D #49239D

monochromatic

#39310D #6B5B18 #9D8623 #CFB12E #DBC45F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#9D8623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#9D8623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8623

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8623	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95830F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 134, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.116 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bea866',
    500: '#9d8623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8623;
$custom-light: #bea866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62381,
    "c": 0.11607,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8623

secondary

#5C6FC0

accent

#60E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8623

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

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