#9BA522#9BA522

#9BA522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.145 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9BA522
RGB	rgb(155, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -19.21, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 63.83, 107.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0594 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.145 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2623, 33.9949, 6.6386)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9BA522 #2C22A5

analogous

#A56E22 #9BA522 #5AA522

triadic

#9BA522 #229BA5 #A5229B

tetradic

#9BA522 #22A56E #2C22A5 #A5225A

square

#9BA522 #22A56E #2C22A5 #A5225A

split-complementary

#9BA522 #225AA5 #6E22A5

monochromatic

#3C400D #6B7218 #9BA522 #C8D430 #D5DF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#9BA522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#9BA522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9BA522

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9BA522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9BA522	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A69B8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9ba522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.145 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcbf6a',
    500: '#9ba522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9ba522;
$custom-light: #bcbf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9ba522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.58,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69134,
    "c": 0.14533,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9BA522

secondary

#675FC4

accent

#3FE94C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121207

muted

#81817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9BA522

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

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