#9E9527#9E9527

#9E9527 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	#9E9527
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 75.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.70, -9.34, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.70, 56.20, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0316 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.126 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.2153, 28.9115, 6.1713)
Luminance	0.2891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9527 #27309E

analogous

#9E5927 #9E9527 #6B9E27

triadic

#9E9527 #279E95 #95279E

tetradic

#9E9527 #279E59 #27309E #9E276B

square

#9E9527 #279E59 #27309E #9E276B

split-complementary

#9E9527 #276B9E #59279E

monochromatic

#3C380F #6D671B #9E9527 #CDC235 #D9D166

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9E9527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9E9527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9527

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9527	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)

#A39011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.126 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb36a',
    500: '#9e9527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9527;
$custom-light: #beb36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65804,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9527

secondary

#6269BF

accent

#50E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9527

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

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