#9E9223#9E9223

#9E9223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.125 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9223
RGB	rgb(158, 146, 35)
HSL	hsl(54, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -7.91, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 56.57, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.11% -0.028 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(65.11% 0.125 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6839, 27.9493, 5.6843)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9223 #232F9E

analogous

#9E5423 #9E9223 #6D9E23

triadic

#9E9223 #239E92 #92239E

tetradic

#9E9223 #239E54 #232F9E #9E236D

square

#9E9223 #239E54 #232F9E #9E236D

split-complementary

#9E9223 #236D9E #54239E

monochromatic

#3A350D #6C6418 #9E9223 #D0C02E #DCD060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9E9223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#9E9223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9223

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9223	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)

#A08D08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 146, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.125 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb168',
    500: '#9e9223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9223;
$custom-light: #beb168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65112,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9223

secondary

#5C66C1

accent

#51E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9223

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

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