#9D9522#9D9522

#9D9522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.129 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9522
RGB	rgb(157, 149, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -10.00, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 57.86, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0339 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.129 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.9419, 28.7795, 5.7542)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9522 #222A9D

analogous

#9D5822 #9D9522 #679D22

triadic

#9D9522 #229D95 #95229D

tetradic

#9D9522 #229D58 #222A9D #9D2267

square

#9D9522 #229D58 #222A9D #9D2267

split-complementary

#9D9522 #22679D #58229D

monochromatic

#38360C #6B6517 #9D9522 #CFC52D #DCD45D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#9D9522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#9D9522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9522

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9522	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 149, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.129 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb367',
    500: '#9d9522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9522;
$custom-light: #beb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65681,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9522

secondary

#5A61C1

accent

#4BE740

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9522

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

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