#9A9822#9A9822

#9A9822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.132 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A9822
RGB	rgb(154, 152, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 77.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.17, -12.94, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.17, 58.86, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.042 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.132 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8444, 29.4428, 5.8874)
Luminance	0.2944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A9822 #22249A

analogous

#9A5C22 #9A9822 #609A22

triadic

#9A9822 #229A98 #98229A

tetradic

#9A9822 #229A5C #22249A #9A2260

square

#9A9822 #229A5C #22249A #9A2260

split-complementary

#9A9822 #22609A #5C229A

monochromatic

#36350C #686717 #9A9822 #CCC92D #DBD95B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#9A9822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#9A9822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A9822

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A9822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A9822	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a9822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 152, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.132 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb668',
    500: '#9a9822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a9822;
$custom-light: #bbb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a9822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66083,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A9822

secondary

#585ABF

accent

#44E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A9822

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

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