#9B9322#9B9322

#9B9322 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.127 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9322
RGB	rgb(155, 147, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.2%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -9.84, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 57.11, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0333 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.127 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2411, 27.9524, 5.6315)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9322 #222A9B

analogous

#9B5722 #9B9322 #679B22

triadic

#9B9322 #229B93 #93229B

tetradic

#9B9322 #229B57 #222A9B #9B2267

square

#9B9322 #229B57 #222A9B #9B2267

split-complementary

#9B9322 #22679B #57229B

monochromatic

#37340C #696317 #9B9322 #CDC32D #DBD35C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9B9322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#9B9322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9322

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9322	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7897E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 147, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.127 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb267',
    500: '#9b9322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9322;
$custom-light: #bcb267;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65048,
    "c": 0.12722,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9322

secondary

#5960C0

accent

#4CE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9322

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

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