#9E9530#9E9530

#9E9530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.120 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9530
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 48)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 69.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, -8.89, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 52.78, 99.69°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% -0.0294 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.12 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3825, 28.9784, 7.0521)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9530 #30399E

analogous

#9E5E30 #9E9530 #709E30

triadic

#9E9530 #309E95 #95309E

tetradic

#9E9530 #309E5E #30399E #9E3070

square

#9E9530 #309E5E #30399E #9E3070

split-complementary

#9E9530 #30709E #5E309E

monochromatic

#403C13 #6F6922 #9E9530 #C6BC45 #D5CD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9E9530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9E9530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9530

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9530	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.120 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb36f',
    500: '#9e9530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9530;
$custom-light: #beb36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6587,
    "c": 0.12001,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9530

secondary

#6D74BD

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9530

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

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