#9E952E#9E952E

#9E952E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.121 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E952E
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -9.00, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 53.58, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.03 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.121 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3422, 28.9622, 6.8396)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E952E #2E379E

analogous

#9E5D2E #9E952E #6F9E2E

triadic

#9E952E #2E9E95 #952E9E

tetradic

#9E952E #2E9E5D #2E379E #9E2E6F

square

#9E952E #2E9E5D #2E379E #9E2E6F

split-complementary

#9E952E #2E6F9E #5D2E9E

monochromatic

#3F3C12 #6F6820 #9E952E #C8BD41 #D6CE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9E952E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#9E952E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E952E

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E952E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E952E	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2901E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e952e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.121 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb36d',
    500: '#9e952e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e952e;
$custom-light: #beb36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e952e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65854,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E952E

secondary

#6B71BD

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E952E

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

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