#9E9533#9E9533

#9E9533 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.118 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9533
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 67.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -8.72, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 51.55, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0286 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.118 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4465, 29.0040, 7.3893)
Luminance	0.2900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9533 #333C9E

analogous

#9E5F33 #9E9533 #719E33

triadic

#9E9533 #339E95 #95339E

tetradic

#9E9533 #339E5F #333C9E #9E3371

square

#9E9533 #339E5F #333C9E #9E3371

split-complementary

#9E9533 #33719E #5F339E

monochromatic

#413E15 #706924 #9E9533 #C4BA4A #D3CC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9E9533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9E9533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9533

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9533	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)

#A29026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.118 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb370',
    500: '#9e9533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9533;
$custom-light: #beb370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65895,
    "c": 0.11783,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9533

secondary

#7177BC

accent

#59DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9533

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

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