#9E962A#9E962A

#9E962A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.125 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E962A
RGB	rgb(158, 150, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 73.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -9.73, 54.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 55.47, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0325 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.125 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4259, 29.2499, 6.4965)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E962A #2A329E

analogous

#9E5C2A #9E962A #6C9E2A

triadic

#9E962A #2A9E96 #962A9E

tetradic

#9E962A #2A9E5C #2A329E #9E2A6C

square

#9E962A #2A9E5C #2A329E #9E2A6C

split-complementary

#9E962A #2A6C9E #5C2A9E

monochromatic

#3D3A10 #6E681D #9E962A #CBC13A #D8D06B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9E962A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#9E962A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E962A

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E962A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E962A	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e962a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 150, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.125 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb46b',
    500: '#9e962a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e962a;
$custom-light: #beb46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e962a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66047,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E962A

secondary

#666CBE

accent

#51E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E962A

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

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