#9E8E18#9E8E18

#9E8E18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.127 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8E18
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 24)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(53, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 84.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, -6.13, 58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 58.66, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.17% -0.0239 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(64.17% 0.127 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.9396, 26.6822, 4.7532)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8E18 #18289E

analogous

#9E4B18 #9E8E18 #6B9E18

triadic

#9E8E18 #189E8E #8E189E

tetradic

#9E8E18 #189E4B #18289E #9E186B

square

#9E8E18 #189E4B #18289E #9E186B

split-complementary

#9E8E18 #186B9E #4B189E

monochromatic

#342F08 #695E10 #9E8E18 #D3BE20 #E4D24D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9E8E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#9E8E18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8E18

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8E18	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19023

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8379

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.127 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfae62',
    500: '#9e8e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8e18;
$custom-light: #bfae62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64171,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8E18

secondary

#4C5BC6

accent

#4EF038

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8E18

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

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