#9E9524#9E9524

#9E9524 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	#9E9524
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.69, -9.47, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.69, 57.24, 99.53°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0323 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.128 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1675, 28.8924, 5.9198)
Luminance	0.2889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9524 #242D9E

analogous

#9E5824 #9E9524 #6A9E24

triadic

#9E9524 #249E95 #95249E

tetradic

#9E9524 #249E58 #242D9E #9E246A

square

#9E9524 #249E58 #242D9E #9E246A

split-complementary

#9E9524 #246A9E #58249E

monochromatic

#3A370D #6C6619 #9E9524 #D0C42F #DBD261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9E9524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9E9524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9524

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9524	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)

#A39009

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.128 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb368',
    500: '#9e9524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9524;
$custom-light: #beb368;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65785,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9524

secondary

#5E65C0

accent

#4EE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9524

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

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