#9D9E1B#9D9E1B

#9D9E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.141 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9E1B
RGB	rgb(157, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -14.99, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 63.06, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0484 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.141 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3303, 31.7017, 5.7688)
Luminance	0.3170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9E1B #1C1B9E

analogous

#9E5E1B #9D9E1B #5C9E1B

triadic

#9D9E1B #1B9D9E #9E1B9D

tetradic

#9D9E1B #1B9E5E #1C1B9E #9E1B5C

square

#9D9E1B #1B9E5E #1C1B9E #9E1B5C

split-complementary

#9D9E1B #1B5C9E #5E1B9E

monochromatic

#353509 #696A12 #9D9E1B #D1D224 #E0E152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9D9E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#9D9E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9E1B

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9E1B	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)

#AD9A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.141 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beba66',
    500: '#9d9e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9e1b;
$custom-light: #beba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.458,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67673,
    "c": 0.14067,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9E1B

secondary

#5151C4

accent

#3AEE3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9E1B

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

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