#9A8222#9A8222

#9A8222 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.114 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8222
RGB	rgb(154, 130, 34)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 77.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.02, -1.01, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.02, 51.78, 91.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.2% -0.0084 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(61.2% 0.114 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5990, 22.9520, 4.8056)
Luminance	0.2295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8222 #223A9A

analogous

#9A4622 #9A8222 #769A22

triadic

#9A8222 #229A82 #82229A

tetradic

#9A8222 #229A46 #223A9A #9A2276

square

#9A8222 #229A46 #223A9A #9A2276

split-complementary

#9A8222 #22769A #46229A

monochromatic

#362D0C #685817 #9A8222 #CCAC2D #DBC15B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#9A8222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#9A8222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8222

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8222	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90800F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 130, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.114 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bca565',
    500: '#9a8222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8222;
$custom-light: #bca565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61198,
    "c": 0.11356,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8222

secondary

#586DBF

accent

#62E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#120F06

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8222

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

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