#9E942E#9E942E

#9E942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.120 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E942E
RGB	rgb(158, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -8.46, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 53.22, 99.15°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% -0.0284 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.12 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1846, 28.6472, 6.7871)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E942E #2E389E

analogous

#9E5C2E #9E942E #709E2E

triadic

#9E942E #2E9E94 #942E9E

tetradic

#9E942E #2E9E5C #2E389E #9E2E70

square

#9E942E #2E9E5C #2E389E #9E2E70

split-complementary

#9E942E #2E709E #5C2E9E

monochromatic

#3F3B12 #6F6820 #9E942E #C8BC41 #D6CD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#9E942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#9E942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E942E

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E942E	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.120 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb36d',
    500: '#9e942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e942e;
$custom-light: #beb36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65632,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E942E

secondary

#6B72BD

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E942E

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

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