#9E8D21#9E8D21

#9E8D21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.122 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D21
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 33)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(52, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.44, -5.28, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.44, 55.66, 95.44°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0208 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.122 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9011, 26.4298, 5.2811)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D21 #21329E

analogous

#9E4F21 #9E8D21 #719E21

triadic

#9E8D21 #219E8D #8D219E

tetradic

#9E8D21 #219E4F #21329E #9E2171

square

#9E8D21 #219E4F #21329E #9E2171

split-complementary

#9E8D21 #21719E #4F219E

monochromatic

#39330C #6B6016 #9E8D21 #D1BA2C #DDCC5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9E8D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9E8D21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D21

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D21	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8906

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.122 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae66',
    500: '#9e8d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d21;
$custom-light: #bfae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63997,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D21

secondary

#5968C1

accent

#56E83F

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D21

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

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