#9D9623#9D9623

#9D9623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.129 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9623
RGB	rgb(157, 150, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 77.7%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -10.50, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 57.88, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0352 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.129 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1154, 29.1031, 5.8843)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9623 #232A9D

analogous

#9D5923 #9D9623 #679D23

triadic

#9D9623 #239D96 #96239D

tetradic

#9D9623 #239D59 #232A9D #9D2367

square

#9D9623 #239D59 #232A9D #9D2367

split-complementary

#9D9623 #23679D #59239D

monochromatic

#39360D #6B6618 #9D9623 #CFC62E #DBD45F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9D9623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#9D9623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9623

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9623	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 150, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.129 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb468',
    500: '#9d9623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9623;
$custom-light: #beb468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 63.542,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6591,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9623

secondary

#5C61C0

accent

#4BE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9623

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

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