#9D8822#9D8822

#9D8822 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.118 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8822
RGB	rgb(157, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -2.96, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 53.77, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(62.81% -0.0141 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(62.81% 0.118 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.9987, 24.8932, 5.1065)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8822 #22379D

analogous

#9D4A22 #9D8822 #759D22

triadic

#9D8822 #229D88 #88229D

tetradic

#9D8822 #229D4A #22379D #9D2275

square

#9D8822 #229D4A #22379D #9D2275

split-complementary

#9D8822 #22759D #4A229D

monochromatic

#38310C #6B5C17 #9D8822 #CFB42D #DCC65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#9D8822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#9D8822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8822

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8822	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96850C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7D75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.118 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beaa66',
    500: '#9d8822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8822;
$custom-light: #beaa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62809,
    "c": 0.11804,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8822

secondary

#5A6CC1

accent

#5DE740

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8822

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

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