#9E8E24#9E8E24

#9E8E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8E24
RGB	rgb(158, 142, 36)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -5.70, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 54.95, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.24% -0.0217 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(64.24% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.0932, 26.7436, 5.5617)
Luminance	0.2674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8E24 #24349E

analogous

#9E5124 #9E8E24 #719E24

triadic

#9E8E24 #249E8E #8E249E

tetradic

#9E8E24 #249E51 #24349E #9E2471

square

#9E8E24 #249E51 #24349E #9E2471

split-complementary

#9E8E24 #24719E #51249E

monochromatic

#3A340D #6C6119 #9E8E24 #D0BB2F #DBCB61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#9E8E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#9E8E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8E24

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8E24	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB837A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 142, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beae68',
    500: '#9e8e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8e24;
$custom-light: #beae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64235,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8E24

secondary

#5E6AC0

accent

#57E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8E24

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

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