#9D8D23#9D8D23

#9D8D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.121 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D23
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 35)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -5.65, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 54.91, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0216 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.121 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7340, 26.3403, 5.4238)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D23 #23339D

analogous

#9D5023 #9D8D23 #709D23

triadic

#9D8D23 #239D8D #8D239D

tetradic

#9D8D23 #239D50 #23339D #9D2370

square

#9D8D23 #239D50 #23339D #9D2370

split-complementary

#9D8D23 #23709D #50239D

monochromatic

#39330D #6B6018 #9D8D23 #CFBA2E #DBCB5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9D8D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#9D8D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D23

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D23	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B890C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.121 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae67',
    500: '#9d8d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d23;
$custom-light: #beae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63911,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D23

secondary

#5C69C0

accent

#57E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D23

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

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