#9D8E23#9D8E23

#9D8E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8E23
RGB	rgb(157, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.64, -6.20, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.64, 55.22, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64.13% -0.0231 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(64.13% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.8822, 26.6366, 5.4732)
Luminance	0.2663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8E23 #23329D

analogous

#9D5123 #9D8E23 #6F9D23

triadic

#9D8E23 #239D8E #8E239D

tetradic

#9D8E23 #239D51 #23329D #9D236F

square

#9D8E23 #239D51 #23329D #9D236F

split-complementary

#9D8E23 #236F9D #51239D

monochromatic

#39330D #6B6118 #9D8E23 #CFBB2E #DBCC5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#9D8E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#9D8E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8E23

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8E23	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae67',
    500: '#9d8e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8e23;
$custom-light: #beae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64131,
    "c": 0.12215,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8E23

secondary

#5C68C0

accent

#56E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8E23

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

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