#9E9535#9E9535

#9E9535 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.116 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9535
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 53)
HSL	hsl(55, 50%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 66.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.80, -8.59, 49.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.80, 50.71, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.028 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.116 104)
XYZ	xyz(25.4916, 29.0220, 7.6265)
Luminance	0.2902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9535 #353E9E

analogous

#9E6135 #9E9535 #739E35

triadic

#9E9535 #359E95 #95359E

tetradic

#9E9535 #359E61 #353E9E #9E3573

square

#9E9535 #359E61 #353E9E #9E3573

split-complementary

#9E9535 #35739E #61359E

monochromatic

#423F16 #706A26 #9E9535 #C3B94D #D3CB7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#9E9535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#9E9535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9535

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9535	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)

#A29028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.116 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb371',
    500: '#9e9535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9535;
$custom-light: #beb371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 49.763,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65913,
    "c": 0.11629,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.29021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9535

secondary

#737ABB

accent

#5AD94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9535

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

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