#9E9715#9E9715

#9E9715 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.136 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9715
RGB	rgb(158, 151, 21)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.18, -11.04, 61.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.18, 62.15, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0378 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.136 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3037, 29.4575, 5.0623)
Luminance	0.2946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9715 #151C9E

analogous

#9E5215 #9E9715 #619E15

triadic

#9E9715 #159E97 #97159E

tetradic

#9E9715 #159E52 #151C9E #9E1561

square

#9E9715 #159E52 #151C9E #9E1561

split-complementary

#9E9715 #15619E #52159E

monochromatic

#323007 #68630E #9E9715 #D4CB1C #E7DE47

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#9E9715 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#9E9715 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9715

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9715	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9715	1.00	3.05	6.89	6.89
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9715;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 151, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.136 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb563',
    500: '#9e9715',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9715;
$custom-light: #bfb563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9715",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6616,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9715

secondary

#474EC7

accent

#3EF335

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9715

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

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