#9B9B22#9B9B22

#9B9B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.135 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9B22
RGB	rgb(155, 155, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.1%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.11, -14.07, 58.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.11, 59.98, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0452 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.135 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5286, 30.5275, 6.0607)
Luminance	0.3053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9B22 #22229B

analogous

#9B5F22 #9B9B22 #5F9B22

triadic

#9B9B22 #229B9B #9B229B

tetradic

#9B9B22 #229B5F #22229B #9B225F

square

#9B9B22 #229B5F #22229B #9B225F

split-complementary

#9B9B22 #225F9B #5F229B

monochromatic

#37370C #696917 #9B9B22 #CDCD2D #DBDB5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#9B9B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#9B9B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9B22

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9B22	1.00	2.96	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 155, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.135 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcb868',
    500: '#9b9b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9b22;
$custom-light: #bcb868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66851,
    "c": 0.13493,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9B22

secondary

#5959C0

accent

#41E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9B22

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

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