#9B8D22#9B8D22

#9B8D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.122 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B8D22
RGB	rgb(155, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -6.61, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 55.11, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% -0.0243 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.122 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3323, 26.1349, 5.3286)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B8D22 #22309B

analogous

#9B5122 #9B8D22 #6D9B22

triadic

#9B8D22 #229B8D #8D229B

tetradic

#9B8D22 #229B51 #22309B #9B226D

square

#9B8D22 #229B51 #22309B #9B226D

split-complementary

#9B8D22 #226D9B #51229B

monochromatic

#37320C #695F17 #9B8D22 #CDBB2D #DBCD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#9B8D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#9B8D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B8D22

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B8D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B8D22	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b8d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.122 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcae66',
    500: '#9b8d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b8d22;
$custom-light: #bcae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b8d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.058,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63711,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B8D22

secondary

#5965C0

accent

#54E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B8D22

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

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