#9E901D#9E901D

#9E901D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.127 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E901D
RGB	rgb(158, 144, 29)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 81.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -7.05, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 57.84, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(64.64% -0.0261 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(64.64% 0.127 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2968, 27.3055, 5.1528)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E901D #1D2B9E

analogous

#9E4F1D #9E901D #6C9E1D

triadic

#9E901D #1D9E90 #901D9E

tetradic

#9E901D #1D9E4F #1D2B9E #9E1D6C

square

#9E901D #1D9E4F #1D2B9E #9E1D6C

split-complementary

#9E901D #1D6C9E #4F1D9E

monochromatic

#37320A #6A6114 #9E901D #D2BF26 #E0D156

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#9E901D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#9E901D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E901D

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E901D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E901D	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)

#A29127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e901d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 144, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.127 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb065',
    500: '#9e901d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e901d;
$custom-light: #bfb065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e901d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64636,
    "c": 0.12684,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E901D

secondary

#5460C3

accent

#4FEC3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E901D

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

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