#9E9623#9E9623

#9E9623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.129 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9623
RGB	rgb(158, 150, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.96, -10.05, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.96, 57.92, 99.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66% -0.034 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(66% 0.129 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.3114, 29.2041, 5.8935)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9623 #232B9E

analogous

#9E5923 #9E9623 #689E23

triadic

#9E9623 #239E96 #96239E

tetradic

#9E9623 #239E59 #232B9E #9E2368

square

#9E9623 #239E59 #232B9E #9E2368

split-complementary

#9E9623 #23689E #59239E

monochromatic

#3A370D #6C6618 #9E9623 #D0C62E #DCD460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9E9623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#9E9623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9623

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9623	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49006

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 150, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.129 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb468',
    500: '#9e9623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9623;
$custom-light: #beb468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66002,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9623

secondary

#5C63C1

accent

#4CE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9623

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

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