#9DAD31#9DAD31

#9DAD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.145 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DAD31
RGB	rgb(157, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -21.69, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 62.19, 110.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0651 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.145 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4033, 37.2774, 8.5514)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DAD31 #4131AD

analogous

#AD7F31 #9DAD31 #5FAD31

triadic

#9DAD31 #319DAD #AD319D

tetradic

#9DAD31 #31AD7F #4131AD #AD315F

square

#9DAD31 #31AD7F #4131AD #AD315F

split-complementary

#9DAD31 #315FAD #7F31AD

monochromatic

#464E16 #727D23 #9DAD31 #BDCD4E #CFDA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9DAD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#9DAD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DAD31

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DAD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DAD31	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.145 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc572',
    500: '#9dad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dad31;
$custom-light: #bdc572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71226,
    "c": 0.14517,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DAD31

secondary

#8077C3

accent

#49DF5C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#121208

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DAD31

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

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