#9A9722#9A9722

#9A9722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.131 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A9722
RGB	rgb(154, 151, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 77.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.89, -12.41, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.89, 58.50, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.86% -0.0405 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(65.86% 0.131 108)
XYZ	xyz(24.6828, 29.1196, 5.8335)
Luminance	0.2912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A9722 #22259A

analogous

#9A5B22 #9A9722 #619A22

triadic

#9A9722 #229A97 #97229A

tetradic

#9A9722 #229A5B #22259A #9A2261

square

#9A9722 #229A5B #22259A #9A2261

split-complementary

#9A9722 #22619A #5B229A

monochromatic

#36350C #686617 #9A9722 #CCC82D #DBD85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9A9722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#9A9722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A9722

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A9722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A9722	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)

#A49102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A68D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a9722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 151, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.131 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb568',
    500: '#9a9722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a9722;
$custom-light: #bbb568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a9722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65857,
    "c": 0.13117,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.29119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A9722

secondary

#585BBF

accent

#45E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A9722

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

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