#9E9323#9E9323

#9E9323 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.126 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9323
RGB	rgb(158, 147, 35)
HSL	hsl(55, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, -8.44, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 56.90, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.33% -0.0295 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(65.33% 0.126 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8388, 28.2589, 5.7359)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9323 #232E9E

analogous

#9E5523 #9E9323 #6B9E23

triadic

#9E9323 #239E93 #93239E

tetradic

#9E9323 #239E55 #232E9E #9E236B

square

#9E9323 #239E55 #232E9E #9E236B

split-complementary

#9E9323 #236B9E #55239E

monochromatic

#3A360D #6C6418 #9E9323 #D0C22E #DCD160

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#9E9323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#9E9323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9323

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9323	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA887E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 147, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.126 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb268',
    500: '#9e9323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9323;
$custom-light: #beb268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65334,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9323

secondary

#5C65C1

accent

#50E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9323

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

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