#9D8B22#9D8B22

#9D8B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8B22
RGB	rgb(157, 139, 34)
HSL	hsl(51, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.5%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.80, -4.60, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.80, 54.64, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.0187 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(23.4272, 25.7500, 5.2493)
Luminance	0.2575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8B22 #22349D

analogous

#9D4E22 #9D8B22 #719D22

triadic

#9D8B22 #229D8B #8B229D

tetradic

#9D8B22 #229D4E #22349D #9D2271

square

#9D8B22 #229D4E #22349D #9D2271

split-complementary

#9D8B22 #22719D #4E229D

monochromatic

#38320C #6B5E17 #9D8B22 #CFB82D #DCC95D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#9D8B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#9D8B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8B22

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8B22	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 139, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beac66',
    500: '#9d8b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8b22;
$custom-light: #beac66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63465,
    "c": 0.1203,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.25749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8B22

secondary

#5A69C1

accent

#59E740

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8B22

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

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