#9D9523#9D9523

#9D9523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.128 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9523
RGB	rgb(157, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -9.96, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 57.54, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0337 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.128 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9565, 28.7853, 5.8313)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9523 #232B9D

analogous

#9D5823 #9D9523 #689D23

triadic

#9D9523 #239D95 #95239D

tetradic

#9D9523 #239D58 #232B9D #9D2368

square

#9D9523 #239D58 #232B9D #9D2368

split-complementary

#9D9523 #23689D #58239D

monochromatic

#39360D #6B6618 #9D9523 #CFC42E #DBD35F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#9D9523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#9D9523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9523

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9523	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.128 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb368',
    500: '#9d9523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9523;
$custom-light: #beb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65686,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9523

secondary

#5C62C0

accent

#4CE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9523

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

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