#9DB221#9DB221

#9DB221 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.159 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9DB221
RGB	rgb(157, 178, 33)
HSL	hsl(69, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.8%, 0%, 81.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -24.87, 64.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 69.26, 111.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0752 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.159 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1003, 39.1190, 7.4036)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9DB221 #3621B2

analogous

#B27F21 #9DB221 #55B221

triadic

#9DB221 #219DB2 #B2219D

tetradic

#9DB221 #21B27F #3621B2 #B22155

square

#9DB221 #21B27F #3621B2 #B22155

split-complementary

#9DB221 #2155B2 #7F21B2

monochromatic

#424B0E #6F7E17 #9DB221 #C2DA36 #D2E36A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#9DB221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#9DB221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9DB221

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9DB221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9DB221	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA930

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9db221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 178, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.159 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bec96b',
    500: '#9db221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9db221;
$custom-light: #bec96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9db221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.69,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72288,
    "c": 0.1593,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9DB221

secondary

#7466C9

accent

#3CEC56

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9DB221

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

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