#9D9D2D#9D9D2D

#9D9D2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.130 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9D2D
RGB	rgb(157, 157, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.90, -13.72, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.90, 56.98, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0433 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.13 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4362, 31.4723, 7.1643)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9D2D #2D2D9D

analogous

#9D652D #9D9D2D #659D2D

triadic

#9D9D2D #2D9D9D #9D2D9D

tetradic

#9D9D2D #2D9D65 #2D2D9D #9D2D65

square

#9D9D2D #2D9D65 #2D2D9D #9D2D65

split-complementary

#9D9D2D #2D659D #652D9D

monochromatic

#3E3E12 #6D6D1F #9D9D2D #C8C83F #D6D66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9D9D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#9D9D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9D2D

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9D2D	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA961A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 157, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.130 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb96e',
    500: '#9d9d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9d2d;
$custom-light: #bdb96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.446,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67549,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9D2D

secondary

#6969BD

accent

#49DF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9D2D

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

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