#9DAE38#9DAE38

#9DAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.142 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DAE38
RGB	rgb(157, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 67.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -21.78, 55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 60.04, 111.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0647 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.142 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7551, 37.7261, 9.4550)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DAE38 #4938AE

analogous

#AE8438 #9DAE38 #62AE38

triadic

#9DAE38 #389DAE #AE389D

tetradic

#9DAE38 #38AE84 #4938AE #AE3862

square

#9DAE38 #38AE84 #4938AE #AE3862

split-complementary

#9DAE38 #3862AE #8438AE

monochromatic

#49511A #738029 #9DAE38 #BACA59 #CDD988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#9DAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#9DAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DAE38

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DAE38	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9dae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.142 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdc675',
    500: '#9dae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9dae38;
$custom-light: #bdc675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9dae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.644,
    "s": 51.304,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71509,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DAE38

secondary

#897FC3

accent

#4DDB61

background

#FBFCF7

surface

#F7F8ED

border

#D0D1C8

text

#121309

muted

#81827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DAE38

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

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