#9D9222#9D9222

#9D9222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.126 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9222
RGB	rgb(157, 146, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.75, -8.40, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.75, 56.85, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.01% -0.0294 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.01% 0.126 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.4734, 27.8424, 5.5981)
Luminance	0.2784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9222 #222D9D

analogous

#9D5422 #9D9222 #6B9D22

triadic

#9D9222 #229D92 #92229D

tetradic

#9D9222 #229D54 #222D9D #9D226B

square

#9D9222 #229D54 #222D9D #9D226B

split-complementary

#9D9222 #226B9D #54229D

monochromatic

#38340C #6B6317 #9D9222 #CFC12D #DCD15D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#9D9222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#9D9222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9222

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9222	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 146, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.126 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb167',
    500: '#9d9222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9222;
$custom-light: #beb167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65012,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9222

secondary

#5A63C1

accent

#4FE740

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9222

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

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