#9E921B#9E921B

#9E921B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.129 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E921B
RGB	rgb(158, 146, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.80, -8.20, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.80, 59.04, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0295 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.129 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.5784, 27.9071, 5.1287)
Luminance	0.2791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E921B #1B279E

analogous

#9E511B #9E921B #699E1B

triadic

#9E921B #1B9E92 #921B9E

tetradic

#9E921B #1B9E51 #1B279E #9E1B69

square

#9E921B #1B9E51 #1B279E #9E1B69

split-complementary

#9E921B #1B699E #511B9E

monochromatic

#353109 #6A6212 #9E921B #D2C224 #E1D452

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9E921B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#9E921B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E921B

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E921B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E921B	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e921b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 146, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.129 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb164',
    500: '#9e921b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e921b;
$custom-light: #bfb164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e921b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6507,
    "c": 0.12943,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E921B

secondary

#515BC4

accent

#4BEE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E921B

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

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