#9A9225#9A9225
#9A9225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.125 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #9A9225 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(154, 146, 37) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 61%, 37%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 76%, 60%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 76%, 39.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(59.49, -9.63, 54.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(59.49, 55.70, 99.95°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.75% -0.0324 0.1205) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.75% 0.125 105.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(23.9403, 27.5623, 5.8089) |
| Luminance | 0.2756 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.65
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.88
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 6.03
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 6.07
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 6.18
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 6.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#9A9225 #252D9A
analogous
#9A5725 #9A9225 #689A25
triadic
#9A9225 #259A92 #92259A
tetradic
#9A9225 #259A57 #252D9A #9A2568
square
#9A9225 #259A57 #252D9A #9A2568
split-complementary
#9A9225 #25689A #57259A
monochromatic
#37340D #696319 #9A9225 #CBC131 #D9D160
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.22
#9A9225 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.51
#9A9225 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #9A9225
6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##9A9225 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##9A9225 | 1.00 | 3.22 | 6.51 | 6.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#9F8D0E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A2912D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A6887D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8F8F8F
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #9a9225; /* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 146, 37); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.125 105.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#bbb168',
500: '#9a9225',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #9a9225; $custom-light: #bbb168; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#9a9225",
"rgb": {
"r": 154,
"g": 146,
"b": 37
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.897,
"s": 61.257,
"l": 37.451
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64749,
"c": 0.12474,
"h": 105.1
},
"luminance": 0.27561
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#9A9225
secondary
#5D63BE
accent
#4EE443
background
#FBFAF6
surface
#F7F5EB
border
#D0CFC6
text
#121007
muted
#817F7A