#9E9023#9E9023

#9E9023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9023
RGB	rgb(158, 144, 35)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.29, -6.83, 55.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.29, 55.92, 97.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.67% -0.025 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(64.67% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3783, 27.3381, 5.5825)
Luminance	0.2734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9023 #23319E

analogous

#9E5323 #9E9023 #6E9E23

triadic

#9E9023 #239E90 #90239E

tetradic

#9E9023 #239E53 #23319E #9E236E

square

#9E9023 #239E53 #23319E #9E236E

split-complementary

#9E9023 #236E9E #53239E

monochromatic

#3A350D #6C6218 #9E9023 #D0BE2E #DCCE60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#9E9023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#9E9023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9023

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9023	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)

#9E8B0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB857B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 144, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb067',
    500: '#9e9023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9023;
$custom-light: #beb067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6467,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9023

secondary

#5C68C1

accent

#54E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9023

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

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