#9E9531#9E9531

#9E9531 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.119 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9531
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 69%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.77, -8.83, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.77, 52.38, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% -0.0292 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.119 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4034, 28.9867, 7.1620)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9531 #313A9E

analogous

#9E5E31 #9E9531 #709E31

triadic

#9E9531 #319E95 #95319E

tetradic

#9E9531 #319E5E #313A9E #9E3170

square

#9E9531 #319E5E #313A9E #9E3170

split-complementary

#9E9531 #31709E #5E319E

monochromatic

#413D14 #6F6923 #9E9531 #C6BB46 #D4CC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9E9531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9E9531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9531

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9531	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)

#A29023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.119 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb36f',
    500: '#9e9531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9531;
$custom-light: #beb36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.046,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65878,
    "c": 0.1193,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9531

secondary

#6E75BC

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9531

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

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