#9E9532#9E9532

#9E9532 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	#9E9532
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 68.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -8.77, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 51.97, 99.72°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0289 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.119 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4247, 28.9953, 7.2744)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9532 #323B9E

analogous

#9E5F32 #9E9532 #719E32

triadic

#9E9532 #329E95 #95329E

tetradic

#9E9532 #329E5F #323B9E #9E3271

square

#9E9532 #329E5F #323B9E #9E3271

split-complementary

#9E9532 #32719E #5F329E

monochromatic

#413D15 #706923 #9E9532 #C5BB48 #D4CC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9E9532 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9E9532 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9532

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9532	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9532	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)

#A29024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9532;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.119 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb370',
    500: '#9e9532',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9532;
$custom-light: #beb370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9532",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65886,
    "c": 0.11856,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9532

secondary

#7076BC

accent

#58DB4C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9532

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

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