#9B8922#9B8922

#9B8922 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.119 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8922
RGB	rgb(155, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.05, -4.42, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.05, 53.87, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0181 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.119 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.7531, 24.9765, 5.1355)
Luminance	0.2497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8922 #22349B

analogous

#9B4C22 #9B8922 #719B22

triadic

#9B8922 #229B89 #89229B

tetradic

#9B8922 #229B4C #22349B #9B2271

square

#9B8922 #229B4C #22349B #9B2271

split-complementary

#9B8922 #22719B #4C229B

monochromatic

#37300C #695D17 #9B8922 #CDB52D #DBC85C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#9B8922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#9B8922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8922

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8922	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97850C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.119 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcab66',
    500: '#9b8922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8922;
$custom-light: #bcab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62828,
    "c": 0.11869,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8922

secondary

#5968C0

accent

#5AE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8922

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

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