#9E9523#9E9523

#9E9523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.128 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9523
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -9.51, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 57.57, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.78% -0.0325 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(65.78% 0.128 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1525, 28.8864, 5.8405)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9523 #232C9E

analogous

#9E5823 #9E9523 #699E23

triadic

#9E9523 #239E95 #95239E

tetradic

#9E9523 #239E58 #232C9E #9E2369

square

#9E9523 #239E58 #232C9E #9E2369

split-complementary

#9E9523 #23699E #58239E

monochromatic

#3A370D #6C6618 #9E9523 #D0C42E #DCD360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9E9523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9E9523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9523

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9523	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)

#A39006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.128 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb368',
    500: '#9e9523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9523;
$custom-light: #beb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65779,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9523

secondary

#5C64C1

accent

#4DE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9523

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

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