#9E962E#9E962E

#9E962E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.122 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E962E
RGB	rgb(158, 150, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.1%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.03, -9.53, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.03, 53.95, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(66.08% -0.0315 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(66.08% 0.122 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5011, 29.2800, 6.8926)
Luminance	0.2928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E962E #2E369E

analogous

#9E5E2E #9E962E #6E9E2E

triadic

#9E962E #2E9E96 #962E9E

tetradic

#9E962E #2E9E5E #2E369E #9E2E6E

square

#9E962E #2E9E5E #2E369E #9E2E6E

split-complementary

#9E962E #2E6E9E #5E2E9E

monochromatic

#3F3C12 #6F6920 #9E962E #C8BE41 #D6CE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#9E962E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#9E962E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E962E

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E962E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E962E	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3911E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e962e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 150, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.122 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb46e',
    500: '#9e962e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e962e;
$custom-light: #beb46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e962e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66076,
    "c": 0.12237,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E962E

secondary

#6B71BD

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E962E

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

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