#9D8A21#9D8A21

#9D8A21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.120 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8A21
RGB	rgb(157, 138, 33)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 79%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -4.10, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 54.69, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0174 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.12 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.2688, 25.4561, 5.1264)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8A21 #21349D

analogous

#9D4C21 #9D8A21 #729D21

triadic

#9D8A21 #219D8A #8A219D

tetradic

#9D8A21 #219D4C #21349D #9D2172

square

#9D8A21 #219D4C #21349D #9D2172

split-complementary

#9D8A21 #21729D #4C219D

monochromatic

#38310C #6A5E16 #9D8A21 #D0B62C #DDC95C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#9D8A21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#9D8A21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8A21

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8A21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8A21	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988608

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8a21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 138, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.120 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beab66',
    500: '#9d8a21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8a21;
$custom-light: #beab66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8a21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6324,
    "c": 0.12008,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8A21

secondary

#5969C1

accent

#59E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8A21

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

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