#9B9822#9B9822

#9B9822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.132 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9822
RGB	rgb(155, 152, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.26, -12.49, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.26, 58.87, 102.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% -0.0408 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.132 108)
XYZ	xyz(25.0355, 29.5414, 5.8964)
Luminance	0.2954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9822 #22259B

analogous

#9B5B22 #9B9822 #629B22

triadic

#9B9822 #229B98 #98229B

tetradic

#9B9822 #229B5B #22259B #9B2262

square

#9B9822 #229B5B #22259B #9B2262

split-complementary

#9B9822 #22629B #5B229B

monochromatic

#37360C #696717 #9B9822 #CDC92D #DBD85C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9B9822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#9B9822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9822

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9822	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A78E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 152, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.132 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb668',
    500: '#9b9822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9822;
$custom-light: #bcb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66172,
    "c": 0.13197,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.29541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9822

secondary

#595CC0

accent

#45E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9822

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

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