#9D971C#9D971C

#9D971C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.134 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D971C
RGB	rgb(157, 151, 28)
HSL	hsl(57, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 82.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -11.28, 59.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 60.35, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.1% -0.038 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(66.1% 0.134 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1819, 29.3861, 5.4440)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D971C #1C229D

analogous

#9D571C #9D971C #639D1C

triadic

#9D971C #1C9D97 #971C9D

tetradic

#9D971C #1C9D57 #1C229D #9D1C63

square

#9D971C #1C9D57 #1C229D #9D1C63

split-complementary

#9D971C #1C639D #571C9D

monochromatic

#353309 #696513 #9D971C #D1C925 #E0DA53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#9D971C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#9D971C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D971C

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D971C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D971C	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d971c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 151, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.134 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb565',
    500: '#9d971c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d971c;
$custom-light: #beb565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d971c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66098,
    "c": 0.13355,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D971C

secondary

#5157C3

accent

#44ED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D971C

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

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