#9E9515#9E9515

#9E9515 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.134 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9515
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 21)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.62, -9.97, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.62, 61.51, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.71% -0.0349 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(65.71% 0.134 105)
XYZ	xyz(24.9845, 28.8192, 4.9559)
Luminance	0.2882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9515 #151E9E

analogous

#9E5015 #9E9515 #639E15

triadic

#9E9515 #159E95 #95159E

tetradic

#9E9515 #159E50 #151E9E #9E1563

square

#9E9515 #159E50 #151E9E #9E1563

split-complementary

#9E9515 #15639E #50159E

monochromatic

#322F07 #68620E #9E9515 #D4C81C #E7DC47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9E9515 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#9E9515 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9515

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9515	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9515	1.00	3.10	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB8A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9515;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.134 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb362',
    500: '#9e9515',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9515;
$custom-light: #bfb362;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9515",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.058,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65713,
    "c": 0.13437,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.28818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9515

secondary

#4750C7

accent

#41F335

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9515

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

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