#9E9529#9E9529

#9E9529 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	#9E9529
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 74.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.72, -9.25, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.72, 55.48, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.82% -0.0312 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(65.82% 0.125 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.2493, 28.9251, 6.3505)
Luminance	0.2892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9529 #29329E

analogous

#9E5B29 #9E9529 #6D9E29

triadic

#9E9529 #299E95 #95299E

tetradic

#9E9529 #299E5B #29329E #9E296D

square

#9E9529 #299E5B #29329E #9E296D

split-complementary

#9E9529 #296D9E #5B299E

monochromatic

#3D3910 #6D671C #9E9529 #CCC039 #D8D069

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9E9529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#9E9529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9529

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9529	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)

#A39015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.125 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb36b',
    500: '#9e9529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9529;
$custom-light: #beb36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 58.794,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65817,
    "c": 0.12468,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9529

secondary

#646BBF

accent

#52E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9529

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

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