#9A8822#9A8822

#9A8822 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.118 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A8822
RGB	rgb(154, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 77.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -4.33, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 53.49, 94.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.51% -0.0178 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(62.51% 0.118 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.4205, 24.5950, 5.0794)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A8822 #22349A

analogous

#9A4C22 #9A8822 #709A22

triadic

#9A8822 #229A88 #88229A

tetradic

#9A8822 #229A4C #22349A #9A2270

square

#9A8822 #229A4C #22349A #9A2270

split-complementary

#9A8822 #22709A #4C229A

monochromatic

#362F0C #685C17 #9A8822 #CCB42D #DBC85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#9A8822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#9A8822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A8822

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A8822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A8822	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96840C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A77D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a8822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.118 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcaa66',
    500: '#9a8822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a8822;
$custom-light: #bcaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a8822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62509,
    "c": 0.11789,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A8822

secondary

#5868BF

accent

#5AE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A8822

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

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