#9E9626#9E9626

#9E9626 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.127 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9626
RGB	rgb(158, 150, 38)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 75.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -9.92, 56.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 56.90, 100.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0334 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.127 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.3578, 29.2227, 6.1382)
Luminance	0.2922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9626 #262E9E

analogous

#9E5A26 #9E9626 #6A9E26

triadic

#9E9626 #269E96 #96269E

tetradic

#9E9626 #269E5A #262E9E #9E266A

square

#9E9626 #269E5A #262E9E #9E266A

split-complementary

#9E9626 #266A9E #5A269E

monochromatic

#3B380E #6D671A #9E9626 #CEC433 #DAD265

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9E9626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#9E9626 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9626

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9626	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)

#A4900E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 150, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.127 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb469',
    500: '#9e9626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9626;
$custom-light: #beb469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6602,
    "c": 0.12741,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9626

secondary

#6067C0

accent

#4EE443

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9626

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

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