#9E9222#9E9222

#9E9222 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.126 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9222
RGB	rgb(158, 146, 34)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -7.95, 56.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 56.90, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.0282 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.126 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6693, 27.9434, 5.6073)
Luminance	0.2794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9222 #222E9E

analogous

#9E5422 #9E9222 #6C9E22

triadic

#9E9222 #229E92 #92229E

tetradic

#9E9222 #229E54 #222E9E #9E226C

square

#9E9222 #229E54 #222E9E #9E226C

split-complementary

#9E9222 #226C9E #54229E

monochromatic

#39350C #6C6317 #9E9222 #D0C12D #DCD05E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9E9222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#9E9222 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9222

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9222	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 146, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.126 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb167',
    500: '#9e9222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9222;
$custom-light: #beb167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65106,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9222

secondary

#5B65C1

accent

#50E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9222

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

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