#9DAA21#9DAA21

#9DAA21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.151 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DAA21
RGB	rgb(157, 170, 33)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.6%, 0%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, -20.91, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 66.02, 108.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0643 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.151 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5547, 36.0279, 6.8884)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DAA21 #2E21AA

analogous

#AA7221 #9DAA21 #59AA21

triadic

#9DAA21 #219DAA #AA219D

tetradic

#9DAA21 #21AA72 #2E21AA #AA2159

square

#9DAA21 #21AA72 #2E21AA #AA2159

split-complementary

#9DAA21 #2159AA #7221AA

monochromatic

#3E430D #6E7717 #9DAA21 #C7D731 #D5E164

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#9DAA21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#9DAA21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DAA21

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DAA21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DAA21	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8A091

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9daa21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 170, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.151 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec36a',
    500: '#9daa21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9daa21;
$custom-light: #bec36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9daa21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.693,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70442,
    "c": 0.15053,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DAA21

secondary

#6A61C6

accent

#3DEA4E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DAA21

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

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