#9E941B#9E941B

#9E941B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.131 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E941B
RGB	rgb(158, 148, 27)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.36, -9.27, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.36, 59.67, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0325 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.131 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8894, 28.5291, 5.2323)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E941B #1B259E

analogous

#9E531B #9E941B #679E1B

triadic

#9E941B #1B9E94 #941B9E

tetradic

#9E941B #1B9E53 #1B259E #9E1B67

square

#9E941B #1B9E53 #1B259E #9E1B67

split-complementary

#9E941B #1B679E #531B9E

monochromatic

#353209 #6A6312 #9E941B #D2C524 #E1D652

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9E941B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#9E941B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E941B

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E941B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E941B	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59426

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA897E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e941b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 148, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.131 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb364',
    500: '#9e941b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e941b;
$custom-light: #bfb364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e941b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.42,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65514,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E941B

secondary

#5159C4

accent

#48EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E941B

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

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