#9D8923#9D8923

#9D8923 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.118 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8923
RGB	rgb(157, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, -3.47, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 53.70, 93.70°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0154 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.118 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1549, 25.1820, 5.2308)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8923 #23379D

analogous

#9D4C23 #9D8923 #749D23

triadic

#9D8923 #239D89 #89239D

tetradic

#9D8923 #239D4C #23379D #9D2374

square

#9D8923 #239D4C #23379D #9D2374

split-complementary

#9D8923 #23749D #4C239D

monochromatic

#39320D #6B5D18 #9D8923 #CFB52E #DBC75F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9D8923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#9D8923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8923

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8923	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97860E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7E76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.118 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab66',
    500: '#9d8923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8923;
$custom-light: #beab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63034,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8923

secondary

#5C6CC0

accent

#5CE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8923

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

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