#9E901B#9E901B

#9E901B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.128 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E901B
RGB	rgb(158, 144, 27)
HSL	hsl(54, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(54, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -7.12, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 58.42, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0265 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.128 102)
XYZ	xyz(24.2728, 27.2959, 5.0268)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E901B #1B299E

analogous

#9E4F1B #9E901B #6B9E1B

triadic

#9E901B #1B9E90 #901B9E

tetradic

#9E901B #1B9E4F #1B299E #9E1B6B

square

#9E901B #1B9E4F #1B299E #9E1B6B

split-complementary

#9E901B #1B6B9E #4F1B9E

monochromatic

#353109 #6A6012 #9E901B #D2C024 #E1D252

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#9E901B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#9E901B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E901B

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E901B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E901B	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e901b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 144, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.128 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb064',
    500: '#9e901b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e901b;
$custom-light: #bfb064;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e901b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64626,
    "c": 0.12774,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.27295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E901B

secondary

#515DC4

accent

#4DEE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E901B

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

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