#9B9622#9B9622

#9B9622 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.130 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9622
RGB	rgb(155, 150, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, -11.43, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 58.16, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0378 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.13 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.7137, 28.8976, 5.7891)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9622 #22279B

analogous

#9B5A22 #9B9622 #639B22

triadic

#9B9622 #229B96 #96229B

tetradic

#9B9622 #229B5A #22279B #9B2263

square

#9B9622 #229B5A #22279B #9B2263

split-complementary

#9B9622 #22639B #5A229B

monochromatic

#37350C #696517 #9B9622 #CDC72D #DBD65C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9B9622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9B9622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9622

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9622	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 150, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.130 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb468',
    500: '#9b9622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9622;
$custom-light: #bcb468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.521,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65721,
    "c": 0.13003,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9622

secondary

#595DC0

accent

#48E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9622

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

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