#9D9E2E#9D9E2E

#9D9E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.131 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9D9E2E
RGB	rgb(157, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -14.19, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 57.00, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0445 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.131 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6255, 31.8198, 7.3235)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9D9E2E #2F2E9E

analogous

#9E672E #9D9E2E #659E2E

triadic

#9D9E2E #2E9D9E #9E2E9D

tetradic

#9D9E2E #2E9E67 #2F2E9E #9E2E65

square

#9D9E2E #2E9E67 #2F2E9E #9E2E65

split-complementary

#9D9E2E #2E659E #672E9E

monochromatic

#3F3F12 #6E6F20 #9D9E2E #C7C841 #D5D671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9D9E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#9D9E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9D9E2E

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9D9E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9D9E2E	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB971B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A89488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9d9e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(157, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.131 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdba6e',
    500: '#9d9e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9d9e2e;
$custom-light: #bdba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9d9e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 157,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.536,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67783,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9D9E2E

secondary

#6B6BBD

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9D9E2E

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

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