#9E9719#9E9719

#9E9719 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.135 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9719
RGB	rgb(158, 151, 25)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, -10.93, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 61.18, 100.29°)
OKLab	oklab(66.18% -0.0373 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(66.18% 0.135 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.3438, 29.4735, 5.2735)
Luminance	0.2947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9719 #19209E

analogous

#9E5419 #9E9719 #629E19

triadic

#9E9719 #199E97 #97199E

tetradic

#9E9719 #199E54 #19209E #9E1962

square

#9E9719 #199E54 #19209E #9E1962

split-complementary

#9E9719 #19629E #54199E

monochromatic

#343208 #696511 #9E9719 #D3C921 #E3DB4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#9E9719 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.89

#9E9719 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9719

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9719	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9719	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)

#A89625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9719;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 151, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.135 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb564',
    500: '#9e9719',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9719;
$custom-light: #bfb564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9719",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66176,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9719

secondary

#4E54C5

accent

#42EF38

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9719

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

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