#9E9539#9E9539

#9E9539 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.113 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9539
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(55, 47%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 63.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.83, -8.34, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.83, 48.97, 99.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.95% -0.0268 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.95% 0.113 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5875, 29.0604, 8.1315)
Luminance	0.2906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9539 #39429E

analogous

#9E6239 #9E9539 #759E39

triadic

#9E9539 #399E95 #95399E

tetradic

#9E9539 #399E62 #39429E #9E3975

square

#9E9539 #399E62 #39429E #9E3975

split-complementary

#9E9539 #39759E #62399E

monochromatic

#444019 #716B29 #9E9539 #C1B753 #D1CA80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9E9539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.81

#9E9539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9539

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9539	1.00	3.08	6.81	6.81
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.113 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb374',
    500: '#9e9539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9539;
$custom-light: #bdb374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 46.977,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6595,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9539

secondary

#787EBB

accent

#5DD751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9539

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

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