#9D8B23#9D8B23

#9D8B23 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.120 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8B23
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 35)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -4.56, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 54.30, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0185 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.12 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.4418, 25.7559, 5.3264)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8B23 #23359D

analogous

#9D4E23 #9D8B23 #729D23

triadic

#9D8B23 #239D8B #8B239D

tetradic

#9D8B23 #239D4E #23359D #9D2372

square

#9D8B23 #239D4E #23359D #9D2372

split-complementary

#9D8B23 #23729D #4E239D

monochromatic

#39320D #6B5F18 #9D8B23 #CFB72E #DBC95F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9D8B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9D8B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8B23

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8B23	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.120 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beac67',
    500: '#9d8b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8b23;
$custom-light: #beac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63472,
    "c": 0.11974,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8B23

secondary

#5C6AC0

accent

#5AE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8B23

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

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