#9D9721#9D9721

#9D9721 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.131 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9721
RGB	rgb(157, 151, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 79%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.14, -11.11, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.14, 58.87, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% -0.0371 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.131 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.2468, 29.4121, 5.7858)
Luminance	0.2941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9721 #21279D

analogous

#9D5921 #9D9721 #659D21

triadic

#9D9721 #219D97 #97219D

tetradic

#9D9721 #219D59 #21279D #9D2165

square

#9D9721 #219D59 #21279D #9D2165

split-complementary

#9D9721 #21659D #59219D

monochromatic

#38360C #6A6616 #9D9721 #D0C82C #DDD65C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#9D9721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#9D9721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9721

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9721	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)

#A7962B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 151, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.131 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb567',
    500: '#9d9721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9721;
$custom-light: #beb567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66123,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9721

secondary

#595EC1

accent

#48E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9721

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

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