#9DAC38#9DAC38

#9DAC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.139 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DAC38
RGB	rgb(157, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(68, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 0%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -20.78, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 59.14, 110.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0619 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.139 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3716, 36.9591, 9.3271)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DAC38 #4738AC

analogous

#AC8138 #9DAC38 #63AC38

triadic

#9DAC38 #389DAC #AC389D

tetradic

#9DAC38 #38AC81 #4738AC #AC3863

square

#9DAC38 #38AC81 #4738AC #AC3863

split-complementary

#9DAC38 #3863AC #8138AC

monochromatic

#49501A #737E29 #9DAC38 #BAC958 #CDD887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#9DAC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#9DAC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DAC38

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DAC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DAC38	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.139 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc475',
    500: '#9dac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dac38;
$custom-light: #bdc475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.759,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7105,
    "c": 0.13925,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DAC38

secondary

#877EC2

accent

#4DDA60

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DAC38

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

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