#9B7D22#9B7D22

#9B7D22 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.111 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B7D22
RGB	rgb(155, 125, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(45, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, 2.24, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 50.68, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.23% 0.0009 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(60.23% 0.111 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.1412, 21.7527, 4.5982)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B7D22 #22409B

analogous

#9B4122 #9B7D22 #7D9B22

triadic

#9B7D22 #229B7D #7D229B

tetradic

#9B7D22 #229B41 #22409B #9B227D

square

#9B7D22 #229B41 #22409B #9B227D

split-complementary

#9B7D22 #227D9B #41229B

monochromatic

#372C0C #695517 #9B7D22 #CDA52D #DBBC5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#9B7D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#9B7D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B7D22

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B7D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B7D22	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8726B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b7d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 125, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.111 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bda264',
    500: '#9b7d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b7d22;
$custom-light: #bda264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b7d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60228,
    "c": 0.11077,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B7D22

secondary

#5973C0

accent

#6AE741

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B7D22

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

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