#9D9B22#9D9B22

#9D9B22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.135 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9B22
RGB	rgb(157, 155, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -13.18, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 59.98, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.0428 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.135 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9157, 30.7271, 6.0789)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9B22 #22249D

analogous

#9D5D22 #9D9B22 #629D22

triadic

#9D9B22 #229D9B #9B229D

tetradic

#9D9B22 #229D5D #22249D #9D2262

square

#9D9B22 #229D5D #22249D #9D2262

split-complementary

#9D9B22 #22629D #5D229D

monochromatic

#38380C #6B6917 #9D9B22 #CFCD2D #DCDA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9D9B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#9D9B22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9B22

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9B22	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 155, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.135 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb868',
    500: '#9d9b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9b22;
$custom-light: #beb868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67028,
    "c": 0.13452,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9B22

secondary

#5A5CC1

accent

#43E740

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9B22

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

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