#9E9022#9E9022

#9E9022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.124 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9022
RGB	rgb(158, 144, 34)
HSL	hsl(53, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -6.87, 55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 56.26, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.66% -0.0252 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(64.66% 0.124 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.3637, 27.3322, 5.5054)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9022 #22309E

analogous

#9E5222 #9E9022 #6E9E22

triadic

#9E9022 #229E90 #90229E

tetradic

#9E9022 #229E52 #22309E #9E226E

square

#9E9022 #229E52 #22309E #9E226E

split-complementary

#9E9022 #226E9E #52229E

monochromatic

#39340C #6C6217 #9E9022 #D0BE2D #DCCE5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#9E9022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#9E9022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9022

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9022	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8B07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 144, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.124 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb067',
    500: '#9e9022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9022;
$custom-light: #beb067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64664,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9022

secondary

#5B66C1

accent

#53E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9022

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

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