#9E962D#9E962D

#9E962D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.123 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E962D
RGB	rgb(158, 150, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 71.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.02, -9.58, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.02, 54.34, 100.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.07% -0.0317 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(66.07% 0.123 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4816, 29.2722, 6.7900)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E962D #2D359E

analogous

#9E5D2D #9E962D #6E9E2D

triadic

#9E962D #2D9E96 #962D9E

tetradic

#9E962D #2D9E5D #2D359E #9E2D6E

square

#9E962D #2D9E5D #2D359E #9E2D6E

split-complementary

#9E962D #2D6E9E #5D2D9E

monochromatic

#3F3C12 #6E691F #9E962D #C9BF40 #D6CF6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9E962D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#9E962D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E962D

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E962D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E962D	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#A3911C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e962d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 150, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.123 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb46d',
    500: '#9e962d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e962d;
$custom-light: #beb46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e962d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66069,
    "c": 0.12304,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E962D

secondary

#696FBD

accent

#53DF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E962D

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

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