#9D8D21#9D8D21

#9D8D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.122 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D8D21
RGB	rgb(157, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 79%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.35, -5.73, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.35, 55.59, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(63.9% -0.022 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(63.9% 0.122 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7052, 26.3288, 5.2719)
Luminance	0.2633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D8D21 #21319D

analogous

#9D4F21 #9D8D21 #6F9D21

triadic

#9D8D21 #219D8D #8D219D

tetradic

#9D8D21 #219D4F #21319D #9D216F

square

#9D8D21 #219D4F #21319D #9D216F

split-complementary

#9D8D21 #216F9D #4F219D

monochromatic

#38320C #6A6016 #9D8D21 #D0BA2C #DDCC5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#9D8D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#9D8D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D8D21

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D8D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D8D21	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d8d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.122 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae66',
    500: '#9d8d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d8d21;
$custom-light: #beae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d8d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63899,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D8D21

secondary

#5966C1

accent

#55E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D8D21

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

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