#9E9422#9E9422

#9E9422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.128 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9422
RGB	rgb(158, 148, 34)
HSL	hsl(55, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, -9.02, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 57.56, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(65.55% -0.0312 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(65.55% 0.128 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9803, 28.5654, 5.7109)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9422 #222C9E

analogous

#9E5622 #9E9422 #6A9E22

triadic

#9E9422 #229E94 #94229E

tetradic

#9E9422 #229E56 #222C9E #9E226A

square

#9E9422 #229E56 #222C9E #9E226A

split-complementary

#9E9422 #226A9E #56229E

monochromatic

#39360C #6C6517 #9E9422 #D0C32D #DCD25E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#9E9422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#9E9422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9422

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9422	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)

#A28F04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 148, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.128 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb367',
    500: '#9e9422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9422;
$custom-light: #beb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.161,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65551,
    "c": 0.12779,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9422

secondary

#5B63C1

accent

#4EE840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EB

border

#D1CFC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9422

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

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