#9E9315#9E9315

#9E9315 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.133 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9315
RGB	rgb(158, 147, 21)
HSL	hsl(55, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.06, -8.90, 60.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.06, 60.89, 98.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0319 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.133 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6708, 28.1918, 4.8514)
Luminance	0.2819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9315 #15209E

analogous

#9E4E15 #9E9315 #659E15

triadic

#9E9315 #159E93 #93159E

tetradic

#9E9315 #159E4E #15209E #9E1565

square

#9E9315 #159E4E #15209E #9E1565

split-complementary

#9E9315 #15659E #4E159E

monochromatic

#322E07 #68610E #9E9315 #D4C51C #E7DA47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#9E9315 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#9E9315 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9315

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9315	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9315	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB887D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9315;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 147, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.133 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb262',
    500: '#9e9315',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9315;
$custom-light: #bfb262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9315",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65267,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9315

secondary

#4752C7

accent

#44F335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9315

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

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