#9E9521#9E9521

#9E9521 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.129 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9521
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 79.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -9.59, 57.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 58.22, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0329 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.129 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.1236, 28.8748, 5.6886)
Luminance	0.2887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9521 #212A9E

analogous

#9E5721 #9E9521 #699E21

triadic

#9E9521 #219E95 #95219E

tetradic

#9E9521 #219E57 #212A9E #9E2169

square

#9E9521 #219E57 #212A9E #9E2169

split-complementary

#9E9521 #21699E #57219E

monochromatic

#39360C #6B6516 #9E9521 #D1C52C #DDD45C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9E9521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#9E9521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9521

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9521	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)

#A39001

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.129 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb367',
    500: '#9e9521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9521;
$custom-light: #beb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65768,
    "c": 0.12921,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9521

secondary

#5961C1

accent

#4CE83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9521

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

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