#9E9228#9E9228

#9E9228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.123 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9228
RGB	rgb(158, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -7.69, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 54.81, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(65.14% -0.0269 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(65.14% 0.123 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.7635, 27.9811, 6.1036)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9228 #28349E

analogous

#9E5728 #9E9228 #6F9E28

triadic

#9E9228 #289E92 #92289E

tetradic

#9E9228 #289E57 #28349E #9E286F

square

#9E9228 #289E57 #28349E #9E286F

split-complementary

#9E9228 #286F9E #57289E

monochromatic

#3C380F #6D651C #9E9228 #CCBD37 #D9CD68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#9E9228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#9E9228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9228

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9228	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA877D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.123 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb16a',
    500: '#9e9228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9228;
$custom-light: #beb16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65144,
    "c": 0.12259,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9228

secondary

#636CBF

accent

#55E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9228

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

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