#959E16#959E16

#959E16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.145 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#959E16
RGB	rgb(149, 158, 22)
HSL	hsl(64, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(64, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.7%, 0%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, -18.68, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 64.42, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.0585 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.145 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7669, 30.9017, 5.4189)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#959E16 #1F169E

analogous

#9E6316 #959E16 #519E16

triadic

#959E16 #16959E #9E1695

tetradic

#959E16 #169E63 #1F169E #9E1651

square

#959E16 #169E63 #1F169E #9E1651

split-complementary

#959E16 #16519E #63169E

monochromatic

#303307 #62680F #959E16 #C8D41D #DBE649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#959E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#959E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #959E16

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##959E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##959E16	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9825

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A09486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #959e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 158, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.145 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b8ba64',
    500: '#959e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #959e16;
$custom-light: #b8ba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#959e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.971,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66969,
    "c": 0.1448,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#959E16

secondary

#5149C7

accent

#36F242

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F7F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#121106

muted

#81807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #959E16

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

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