#9D981A#9D981A

#9D981A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.135 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D981A
RGB	rgb(157, 152, 26)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 83.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, -11.88, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 61.23, 101.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0398 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.135 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3204, 29.7001, 5.3760)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D981A #1A1F9D

analogous

#9D561A #9D981A #609D1A

triadic

#9D981A #1A9D98 #981A9D

tetradic

#9D981A #1A9D56 #1A1F9D #9D1A60

square

#9D981A #1A9D56 #1A1F9D #9D1A60

split-complementary

#9D981A #1A609D #561A9D

monochromatic

#343209 #686511 #9D981A #D2CB23 #E2DC4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9D981A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#9D981A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D981A

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D981A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D981A	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d981a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 152, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.135 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb665',
    500: '#9d981a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d981a;
$custom-light: #beb665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d981a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66313,
    "c": 0.13532,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D981A

secondary

#4E53C4

accent

#40EE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D981A

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

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