#9E9519#9E9519

#9E9519 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.133 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9519
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 25)
HSL	hsl(56, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, -9.86, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 60.53, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% -0.0343 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.133 105)
XYZ	xyz(25.0246, 28.8352, 5.1671)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9519 #19229E

analogous

#9E5219 #9E9519 #649E19

triadic

#9E9519 #199E95 #95199E

tetradic

#9E9519 #199E52 #19229E #9E1964

square

#9E9519 #199E52 #19229E #9E1964

split-complementary

#9E9519 #19649E #52199E

monochromatic

#343108 #696311 #9E9519 #D3C721 #E3D94E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9E9519 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#9E9519 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9519

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9519	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9519	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9519;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.133 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb364',
    500: '#9e9519',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9519;
$custom-light: #bfb364;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9519",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65729,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.28834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9519

secondary

#4E56C5

accent

#45EF38

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9519

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →