#9E9528#9E9528

#9E9528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.125 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9528
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 40)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.71, -9.30, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.71, 55.85, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0314 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.125 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2321, 28.9182, 6.2597)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9528 #28319E

analogous

#9E5A28 #9E9528 #6C9E28

triadic

#9E9528 #289E95 #95289E

tetradic

#9E9528 #289E5A #28319E #9E286C

square

#9E9528 #289E5A #28319E #9E286C

split-complementary

#9E9528 #286C9E #5A289E

monochromatic

#3C390F #6D671C #9E9528 #CCC137 #D9D068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9E9528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9E9528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9528

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9528	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)

#A39013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.125 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb36a',
    500: '#9e9528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9528;
$custom-light: #beb36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6581,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9528

secondary

#636ABF

accent

#51E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9528

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

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