#9D9F23#9D9F23

#9D9F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.138 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9F23
RGB	rgb(157, 159, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.3%, 0%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.41, -15.22, 59.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.41, 61.16, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0484 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.138 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6071, 32.0865, 6.3815)
Luminance	0.3209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9F23 #25239F

analogous

#9F6323 #9D9F23 #5F9F23

triadic

#9D9F23 #239D9F #9F239D

tetradic

#9D9F23 #239F63 #25239F #9F235F

square

#9D9F23 #239F63 #25239F #9F235F

split-complementary

#9D9F23 #235F9F #63239F

monochromatic

#3A3B0D #6B6D18 #9D9F23 #CED12E #DADC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#9D9F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#9D9F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9F23

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9F23	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 159, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.138 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebb69',
    500: '#9d9f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9f23;
$custom-light: #bebb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.968,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67939,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9F23

secondary

#5E5DC1

accent

#41E744

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9F23

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

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