#9E9415#9E9415

#9E9415 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.134 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9415
RGB	rgb(158, 148, 21)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.34, -9.44, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.34, 61.20, 98.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0334 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.134 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.8270, 28.5041, 4.9034)
Luminance	0.2850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9415 #151F9E

analogous

#9E4F15 #9E9415 #649E15

triadic

#9E9415 #159E94 #94159E

tetradic

#9E9415 #159E4F #151F9E #9E1564

square

#9E9415 #159E4F #151F9E #9E1564

split-complementary

#9E9415 #15649E #4F159E

monochromatic

#322F07 #68610E #9E9415 #D4C71C #E7DB47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9E9415 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#9E9415 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9415

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9415	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9415	1.00	3.13	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB897E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9415;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 148, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.134 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb362',
    500: '#9e9415',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9415;
$custom-light: #bfb362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9415",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.62,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6549,
    "c": 0.1335,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9415

secondary

#4751C7

accent

#43F335

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9415

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

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