#9A9922#9A9922

#9A9922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.133 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9A9922
RGB	rgb(154, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 77.9%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, -13.46, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 59.23, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0434 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.133 109)
XYZ	xyz(25.0074, 29.7688, 5.9417)
Luminance	0.2977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9A9922 #22239A

analogous

#9A5D22 #9A9922 #5F9A22

triadic

#9A9922 #229A99 #99229A

tetradic

#9A9922 #229A5D #22239A #9A225F

square

#9A9922 #229A5D #22239A #9A225F

split-complementary

#9A9922 #225F9A #5D229A

monochromatic

#36350C #686717 #9A9922 #CCCB2D #DBDA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#9A9922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#9A9922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9A9922

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9A9922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9A9922	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A58F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9a9922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(154, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.133 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bbb668',
    500: '#9a9922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9a9922;
$custom-light: #bbb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9a9922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 154,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66309,
    "c": 0.13314,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.29768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9A9922

secondary

#5859BF

accent

#42E741

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9A9922

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

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