#9E962B#9E962B

#9E962B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.124 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E962B
RGB	rgb(158, 150, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 72.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -9.69, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 55.10, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0322 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.124 105)
XYZ	xyz(25.4440, 29.2572, 6.5920)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E962B #2B339E

analogous

#9E5D2B #9E962B #6D9E2B

triadic

#9E962B #2B9E96 #962B9E

tetradic

#9E962B #2B9E5D #2B339E #9E2B6D

square

#9E962B #2B9E5D #2B339E #9E2B6D

split-complementary

#9E962B #2B6D9E #5D2B9E

monochromatic

#3E3B11 #6E681E #9E962B #CAC03C #D7D06C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#9E962B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#9E962B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E962B

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E962B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E962B	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)

#A39118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e962b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 150, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.124 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb46c',
    500: '#9e962b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e962b;
$custom-light: #beb46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e962b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.826,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66054,
    "c": 0.12436,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.29256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E962B

secondary

#676DBE

accent

#52E047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E962B

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

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