#9D9E17#9D9E17

#9D9E17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.142 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9E17
RGB	rgb(157, 158, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -15.10, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 64.04, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0489 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.142 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2872, 31.6845, 5.5414)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9E17 #18179E

analogous

#9E5B17 #9D9E17 #5A9E17

triadic

#9D9E17 #179D9E #9E179D

tetradic

#9D9E17 #179E5B #18179E #9E175A

square

#9D9E17 #179E5B #18179E #9E175A

split-complementary

#9D9E17 #175A9E #5B179E

monochromatic

#333307 #68690F #9D9E17 #D2D31F #E4E54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9D9E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#9D9E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9E17

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9E17	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 158, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.142 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beba64',
    500: '#9d9e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9e17;
$custom-light: #beba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67657,
    "c": 0.14221,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9E17

secondary

#4B4AC6

accent

#37F138

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9E17

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

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