#9D9927#9D9927

#9D9927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.130 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9927
RGB	rgb(157, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 75.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -11.91, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 57.61, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0388 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.13 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6631, 30.0979, 6.3767)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9927 #272B9D

analogous

#9D5E27 #9D9927 #669D27

triadic

#9D9927 #279D99 #99279D

tetradic

#9D9927 #279D5E #272B9D #9D2766

square

#9D9927 #279D5E #272B9D #9D2766

split-complementary

#9D9927 #27669D #5E279D

monochromatic

#3B390F #6C691B #9D9927 #CDC835 #D9D566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9D9927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#9D9927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9927

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9927	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6930F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.130 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb66a',
    500: '#9d9927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9927;
$custom-light: #bdb66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66607,
    "c": 0.12983,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9927

secondary

#6164BF

accent

#4AE344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9927

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →