#9E9526#9E9526

#9E9526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.126 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9526
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 38)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 75.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -9.39, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 56.56, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0319 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.126 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1989, 28.9049, 6.0852)
Luminance	0.2890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9526 #262F9E

analogous

#9E5926 #9E9526 #6B9E26

triadic

#9E9526 #269E95 #95269E

tetradic

#9E9526 #269E59 #262F9E #9E266B

square

#9E9526 #269E59 #262F9E #9E266B

split-complementary

#9E9526 #266B9E #59269E

monochromatic

#3B380E #6D661A #9E9526 #CEC233 #DAD165

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9E9526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9E9526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9526

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9526	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)

#A3900F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.126 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb369',
    500: '#9e9526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9526;
$custom-light: #beb369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65797,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9526

secondary

#6067C0

accent

#50E443

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9526

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

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