#9C9D22#9C9D22

#9C9D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.137 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9C9D22
RGB	rgb(156, 157, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -14.66, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 60.72, 103.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0469 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.137 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0570, 31.2981, 6.1816)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9C9D22 #23229D

analogous

#9D6122 #9C9D22 #5E9D22

triadic

#9C9D22 #229C9D #9D229C

tetradic

#9C9D22 #229D61 #23229D #9D225E

square

#9C9D22 #229D61 #23229D #9D225E

split-complementary

#9C9D22 #225E9D #61229D

monochromatic

#38380C #6A6B17 #9C9D22 #CECF2D #DBDC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#9C9D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#9C9D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9C9D22

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9C9D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9C9D22	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9c9d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(156, 157, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.137 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb968',
    500: '#9c9d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9c9d22;
$custom-light: #bdb968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9c9d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 156,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.488,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67393,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9C9D22

secondary

#5B5AC1

accent

#40E742

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#121107

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9C9D22

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

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