#9DAD21#9DAD21

#9DAD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.154 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DAD21
RGB	rgb(157, 173, 33)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -22.40, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 67.22, 109.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0684 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.154 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1235, 37.1655, 7.0780)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DAD21 #3121AD

analogous

#AD7721 #9DAD21 #57AD21

triadic

#9DAD21 #219DAD #AD219D

tetradic

#9DAD21 #21AD77 #3121AD #AD2157

square

#9DAD21 #21AD77 #3121AD #AD2157

split-complementary

#9DAD21 #2157AD #7721AD

monochromatic

#40460D #6E7A17 #9DAD21 #C5D833 #D4E266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#9DAD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#9DAD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DAD21

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DAD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DAD21	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A394

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dad21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 173, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.154 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec56a',
    500: '#9dad21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dad21;
$custom-light: #bec56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dad21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.857,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71132,
    "c": 0.15379,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DAD21

secondary

#6E62C7

accent

#3DEB51

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DAD21

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

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