#9E9615#9E9615

#9E9615 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.135 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9615
RGB	rgb(158, 150, 21)
HSL	hsl(56, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.90, -10.51, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.90, 61.83, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0364 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.135 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.1434, 29.1370, 5.0089)
Luminance	0.2914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9615 #151D9E

analogous

#9E5115 #9E9615 #629E15

triadic

#9E9615 #159E96 #96159E

tetradic

#9E9615 #159E51 #151D9E #9E1562

square

#9E9615 #159E51 #151D9E #9E1562

split-complementary

#9E9615 #15629E #51159E

monochromatic

#322F07 #68630E #9E9615 #D4C91C #E7DD47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#9E9615 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#9E9615 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9615

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9615	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9615	1.00	3.08	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9615;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 150, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.135 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb463',
    500: '#9e9615',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9615;
$custom-light: #bfb463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9615",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.496,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65936,
    "c": 0.13524,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9615

secondary

#474FC7

accent

#40F335

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9615

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

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