#9B9722#9B9722

#9B9722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.131 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9722
RGB	rgb(155, 151, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.6%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, -11.96, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 58.51, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% -0.0393 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.131 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8739, 29.2181, 5.8425)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9722 #22269B

analogous

#9B5B22 #9B9722 #629B22

triadic

#9B9722 #229B97 #97229B

tetradic

#9B9722 #229B5B #22269B #9B2262

square

#9B9722 #229B5B #22269B #9B2262

split-complementary

#9B9722 #22629B #5B229B

monochromatic

#37350C #696617 #9B9722 #CDC82D #DBD75C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9B9722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#9B9722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9722

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9722	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 151, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.131 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb568',
    500: '#9b9722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9722;
$custom-light: #bcb568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.017,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65947,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9722

secondary

#595CC0

accent

#46E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9722

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

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