#9E9225#9E9225

#9E9225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.124 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9225
RGB	rgb(158, 146, 37)
HSL	hsl(54, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -7.82, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 55.89, 98.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0276 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.124 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.7145, 27.9615, 5.8452)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9225 #25319E

analogous

#9E5625 #9E9225 #6D9E25

triadic

#9E9225 #259E92 #92259E

tetradic

#9E9225 #259E56 #25319E #9E256D

square

#9E9225 #259E56 #25319E #9E256D

split-complementary

#9E9225 #256D9E #56259E

monochromatic

#3B360E #6C6419 #9E9225 #CFBF31 #DACF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#9E9225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#9E9225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9225

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9225	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)

#A08D0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 146, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.124 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb169',
    500: '#9e9225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9225;
$custom-light: #beb169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.05,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65124,
    "c": 0.12437,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9225

secondary

#5F69C0

accent

#53E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9225

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

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