#9B9E22#9B9E22

#9B9E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.138 H 111.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B9E22
RGB	rgb(155, 158, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(61, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.9%, 0%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -15.63, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 61.10, 104.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.53% -0.0495 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(67.53% 0.138 111)
XYZ	xyz(26.0341, 31.5385, 6.2292)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B9E22 #25229E

analogous

#9E6322 #9B9E22 #5D9E22

triadic

#9B9E22 #229B9E #9E229B

tetradic

#9B9E22 #229E63 #25229E #9E225D

square

#9B9E22 #229E63 #25229E #9E225D

split-complementary

#9B9E22 #225D9E #63229E

monochromatic

#38390C #6A6C17 #9B9E22 #CCD02D #D9DC5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#9B9E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#9B9E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9B9E22

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B9E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B9E22	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b9e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 158, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.138 111.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcba69',
    500: '#9b9e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b9e22;
$custom-light: #bcba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b9e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.452,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67533,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 111
  },
  "luminance": 0.31538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B9E22

secondary

#5D5BC1

accent

#40E844

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B9E22

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

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