#9B9522#9B9522

#9B9522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.129 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9522
RGB	rgb(155, 149, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.41, -10.90, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.41, 57.80, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0363 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.129 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.5548, 28.5799, 5.7361)
Luminance	0.2858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9522 #22289B

analogous

#9B5922 #9B9522 #659B22

triadic

#9B9522 #229B95 #95229B

tetradic

#9B9522 #229B59 #22289B #9B2265

square

#9B9522 #229B59 #22289B #9B2265

split-complementary

#9B9522 #22659B #59229B

monochromatic

#37350C #696517 #9B9522 #CDC52D #DBD55C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9B9522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#9B9522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9522

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9522	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 149, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.129 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb367',
    500: '#9b9522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9522;
$custom-light: #bcb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65496,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9522

secondary

#595EC0

accent

#49E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9522

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

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