#9DB522#9DB522

#9DB522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.162 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB522
RGB	rgb(157, 181, 34)
HSL	hsl(70, 68%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(70, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 81.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -26.29, 65.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 70.24, 111.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.079 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.162 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7179, 40.3315, 7.6796)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB522 #3A22B5

analogous

#B58422 #9DB522 #54B522

triadic

#9DB522 #229DB5 #B5229D

tetradic

#9DB522 #22B584 #3A22B5 #B52254

square

#9DB522 #22B584 #3A22B5 #B52254

split-complementary

#9DB522 #2254B5 #8422B5

monochromatic

#444E0F #708118 #9DB522 #C0DA3A #D0E46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#9DB522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#9DB522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB522

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB522	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7AB9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 181, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.162 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#becb6c',
    500: '#9db522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db522;
$custom-light: #becb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.796,
    "s": 68.372,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72988,
    "c": 0.1622,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB522

secondary

#7969CA

accent

#3DEB59

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB522

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →