#9E8D22#9E8D22

#9E8D22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8D22
RGB	rgb(158, 141, 34)
HSL	hsl(52, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.8%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -5.24, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 55.33, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0206 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.9154, 26.4355, 5.3559)
Luminance	0.2643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8D22 #22339E

analogous

#9E4F22 #9E8D22 #719E22

triadic

#9E8D22 #229E8D #8D229E

tetradic

#9E8D22 #229E4F #22339E #9E2271

square

#9E8D22 #229E4F #22339E #9E2271

split-complementary

#9E8D22 #22719E #4F229E

monochromatic

#39330C #6C6017 #9E8D22 #D0BA2D #DCCB5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#9E8D22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#9E8D22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8D22

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8D22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8D22	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)

#9B8909

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8279

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8d22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 141, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae66',
    500: '#9e8d22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8d22;
$custom-light: #beae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8d22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.774,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64003,
    "c": 0.12188,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8D22

secondary

#5B69C1

accent

#57E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8D22

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

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