#9E9224#9E9224

#9E9224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; 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	#9E9224
RGB	rgb(158, 146, 36)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -7.86, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 56.23, 98.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0278 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.125 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6990, 27.9553, 5.7636)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9224 #24309E

analogous

#9E5524 #9E9224 #6D9E24

triadic

#9E9224 #249E92 #92249E

tetradic

#9E9224 #249E55 #24309E #9E246D

square

#9E9224 #249E55 #24309E #9E246D

split-complementary

#9E9224 #246D9E #55249E

monochromatic

#3A360D #6C6419 #9E9224 #D0C02F #DBCF61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9E9224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#9E9224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9224

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9224	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)

#A08D0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 146, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.125 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb168',
    500: '#9e9224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9224;
$custom-light: #beb168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65118,
    "c": 0.12494,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9224

secondary

#5E67C0

accent

#52E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9224

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

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