#9D981B#9D981B

#9D981B 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	#9D981B
RGB	rgb(157, 152, 27)
HSL	hsl(58, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 82.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -11.84, 59.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 60.96, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0396 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.135 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3318, 29.7046, 5.4359)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D981B #1B209D

analogous

#9D571B #9D981B #619D1B

triadic

#9D981B #1B9D98 #981B9D

tetradic

#9D981B #1B9D57 #1B209D #9D1B61

square

#9D981B #1B9D57 #1B209D #9D1B61

split-complementary

#9D981B #1B619D #571B9D

monochromatic

#353309 #696512 #9D981B #D1CB24 #E1DC51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9D981B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#9D981B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9D981B

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D981B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D981B	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)

#A89627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d981b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 152, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.135 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb665',
    500: '#9d981b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d981b;
$custom-light: #beb665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d981b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66318,
    "c": 0.13491,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D981B

secondary

#5054C4

accent

#41ED3A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D981B

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

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