#9DAD37#9DAD37

#9DAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.141 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DAD37
RGB	rgb(157, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 68.2%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.52, -21.34, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.52, 59.97, 110.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0636 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.141 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5385, 37.3314, 9.2633)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DAD37 #4737AD

analogous

#AD8237 #9DAD37 #62AD37

triadic

#9DAD37 #379DAD #AD379D

tetradic

#9DAD37 #37AD82 #4737AD #AD3762

square

#9DAD37 #37AD82 #4737AD #AD3762

split-complementary

#9DAD37 #3762AD #8237AD

monochromatic

#495019 #737F28 #9DAD37 #BACA57 #CDD886

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#9DAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#9DAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DAD37

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DAD37	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.141 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc575',
    500: '#9dad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dad37;
$custom-light: #bdc575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.136,
    "s": 51.754,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71271,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DAD37

secondary

#877DC2

accent

#4DDB60

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121209

muted

#81817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DAD37

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

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