#9DAD42#9DAD42

#9DAD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.133 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DAD42
RGB	rgb(157, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 45%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 62%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 61.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.61, -20.60, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.61, 55.52, 111.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0604 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.133 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8321, 37.4489, 10.8100)
Luminance	0.3745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DAD42 #5242AD

analogous

#AD8842 #9DAD42 #68AD42

triadic

#9DAD42 #429DAD #AD429D

tetradic

#9DAD42 #42AD88 #5242AD #AD4268

square

#9DAD42 #42AD88 #5242AD #AD4268

split-complementary

#9DAD42 #4268AD #8842AD

monochromatic

#4D5420 #758131 #9DAD42 #B7C567 #CCD693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#9DAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#9DAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DAD42

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DAD42	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.133 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bcc57b',
    500: '#9dad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dad42;
$custom-light: #bcc57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.972,
    "s": 44.77,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7137,
    "c": 0.1327,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DAD42

secondary

#9289C1

accent

#53D467

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8EE

border

#D0D1C9

text

#12120A

muted

#81817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DAD42

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

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