#9E9624#9E9624

#9E9624 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.129 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9624
RGB	rgb(158, 150, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.97, -10.01, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.97, 57.58, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.0338 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.129 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3264, 29.2102, 5.9728)
Luminance	0.2921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9624 #242C9E

analogous

#9E5924 #9E9624 #699E24

triadic

#9E9624 #249E96 #96249E

tetradic

#9E9624 #249E59 #242C9E #9E2469

square

#9E9624 #249E59 #242C9E #9E2469

split-complementary

#9E9624 #24699E #59249E

monochromatic

#3A370D #6C6719 #9E9624 #D0C52F #DBD361

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9E9624 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#9E9624 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9624

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9624	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9624	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)

#A49008

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7952D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9624;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 150, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.129 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb469',
    500: '#9e9624',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9624;
$custom-light: #beb469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9624",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66008,
    "c": 0.12853,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9624

secondary

#5E64C0

accent

#4DE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9624

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

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