#9D9722#9D9722

#9D9722 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.131 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9722
RGB	rgb(157, 151, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -11.07, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 58.56, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.13% -0.0369 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.13% 0.131 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2610, 29.4177, 5.8606)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9722 #22289D

analogous

#9D5922 #9D9722 #669D22

triadic

#9D9722 #229D97 #97229D

tetradic

#9D9722 #229D59 #22289D #9D2266

square

#9D9722 #229D59 #22289D #9D2266

split-complementary

#9D9722 #22669D #59229D

monochromatic

#38360C #6B6717 #9D9722 #CFC72D #DCD65D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#9D9722 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#9D9722 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9722

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9722	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9722	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9722;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 151, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.131 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb568',
    500: '#9d9722',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9722;
$custom-light: #beb568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9722",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66128,
    "c": 0.13067,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9722

secondary

#5A5FC1

accent

#49E740

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9722

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

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