#9D9D22#9D9D22

#9D9D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.137 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9D22
RGB	rgb(157, 157, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -14.22, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 60.72, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% -0.0457 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.137 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2513, 31.3983, 6.1907)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9D22 #22229D

analogous

#9D6022 #9D9D22 #609D22

triadic

#9D9D22 #229D9D #9D229D

tetradic

#9D9D22 #229D60 #22229D #9D2260

square

#9D9D22 #229D60 #22229D #9D2260

split-complementary

#9D9D22 #22609D #60229D

monochromatic

#38380C #6B6B17 #9D9D22 #CFCF2D #DCDC5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9D9D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#9D9D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9D22

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9D22	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 157, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.137 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb968',
    500: '#9d9d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9d22;
$custom-light: #beb968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6748,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9D22

secondary

#5A5AC1

accent

#40E740

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9D22

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

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