#9D8A23#9D8A23

#9D8A23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.119 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A23
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, -4.02, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 54.00, 94.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.017 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.119 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.2977, 25.4676, 5.2784)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A23 #23369D

analogous

#9D4D23 #9D8A23 #739D23

triadic

#9D8A23 #239D8A #8A239D

tetradic

#9D8A23 #239D4D #23369D #9D2373

square

#9D8A23 #239D4D #23369D #9D2373

split-complementary

#9D8A23 #23739D #4D239D

monochromatic

#39320D #6B5E18 #9D8A23 #CFB62E #DBC85F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9D8A23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9D8A23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A23

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A23	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98860D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.119 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab67',
    500: '#9d8a23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a23;
$custom-light: #beab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63252,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A23

secondary

#5C6BC0

accent

#5BE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A23

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

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