#9DAA22#9DAA22

#9DAA22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.150 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DAA22
RGB	rgb(157, 170, 34)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 80%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, -20.87, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 65.74, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0641 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.15 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5689, 36.0335, 6.9633)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#9DAA22 #2F22AA

analogous

#AA7322 #9DAA22 #59AA22

triadic

#9DAA22 #229DAA #AA229D

tetradic

#9DAA22 #22AA73 #2F22AA #AA2259

square

#9DAA22 #22AA73 #2F22AA #AA2259

split-complementary

#9DAA22 #2259AA #7322AA

monochromatic

#3F440E #6E7718 #9DAA22 #C7D633 #D5E066

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9DAA22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#9DAA22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DAA22

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DAA22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DAA22	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9daa22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 170, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.150 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec36a',
    500: '#9daa22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9daa22;
$custom-light: #bec36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9daa22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.735,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70447,
    "c": 0.15007,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DAA22

secondary

#6B62C6

accent

#3EEA4F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DAA22

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

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