#9E9522#9E9522

#9E9522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.129 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9522
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -9.55, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 57.90, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.77% -0.0327 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(65.77% 0.129 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1378, 28.8805, 5.7634)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9522 #222B9E

analogous

#9E5722 #9E9522 #699E22

triadic

#9E9522 #229E95 #95229E

tetradic

#9E9522 #229E57 #222B9E #9E2269

square

#9E9522 #229E57 #222B9E #9E2269

split-complementary

#9E9522 #22699E #57229E

monochromatic

#39360C #6C6617 #9E9522 #D0C42D #DCD35E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9E9522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9E9522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9522

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9522	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39003

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.129 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb367',
    500: '#9e9522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9522;
$custom-light: #beb367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.645,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65773,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9522

secondary

#5B62C1

accent

#4CE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9522

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

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