#9D8D22#9D8D22

#9D8D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D22
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, -5.69, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 55.25, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0218 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7194, 26.3345, 5.3467)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D22 #22329D

analogous

#9D4F22 #9D8D22 #709D22

triadic

#9D8D22 #229D8D #8D229D

tetradic

#9D8D22 #229D4F #22329D #9D2270

square

#9D8D22 #229D4F #22329D #9D2270

split-complementary

#9D8D22 #22709D #4F229D

monochromatic

#38330C #6B6017 #9D8D22 #CFBA2D #DCCC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9D8D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#9D8D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D22

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D22	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae66',
    500: '#9d8d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d22;
$custom-light: #beae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63905,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D22

secondary

#5A68C1

accent

#56E740

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D22

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

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