#9D8922#9D8922

#9D8922 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.119 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8922
RGB	rgb(157, 137, 34)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, -3.51, 53.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 54.05, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0156 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.119 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.1402, 25.1761, 5.1537)
Luminance	0.2517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8922 #22369D

analogous

#9D4C22 #9D8922 #739D22

triadic

#9D8922 #229D89 #89229D

tetradic

#9D8922 #229D4C #22369D #9D2273

square

#9D8922 #229D4C #22369D #9D2273

split-complementary

#9D8922 #22739D #4C229D

monochromatic

#38310C #6B5D17 #9D8922 #CFB52D #DCC75D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#9D8922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#9D8922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8922

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8922	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97860B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 137, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.119 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab66',
    500: '#9d8922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8922;
$custom-light: #beab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63028,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8922

secondary

#5A6BC1

accent

#5CE740

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8922

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

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