#9B9422#9B9422

#9B9422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.128 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9422
RGB	rgb(155, 148, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.5%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.13, -10.37, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.13, 57.45, 100.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0348 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.128 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.3972, 28.2648, 5.6836)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9422 #22299B

analogous

#9B5822 #9B9422 #669B22

triadic

#9B9422 #229B94 #94229B

tetradic

#9B9422 #229B58 #22299B #9B2266

square

#9B9422 #229B58 #22299B #9B2266

split-complementary

#9B9422 #22669B #58229B

monochromatic

#37340C #696417 #9B9422 #CDC42D #DBD45C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#9B9422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#9B9422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9422

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9422	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 148, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.128 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb367',
    500: '#9b9422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9422;
$custom-light: #bcb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65272,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9422

secondary

#595FC0

accent

#4AE741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9422

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

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