#9E971D#9E971D

#9E971D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.133 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E971D
RGB	rgb(158, 151, 29)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 81.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, -10.80, 59.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 60.10, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.19% -0.0366 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(66.19% 0.133 106)
XYZ	xyz(25.3900, 29.4920, 5.5173)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E971D #1D249E

analogous

#9E571D #9E971D #659E1D

triadic

#9E971D #1D9E97 #971D9E

tetradic

#9E971D #1D9E57 #1D249E #9E1D65

square

#9E971D #1D9E57 #1D249E #9E1D65

split-complementary

#9E971D #1D659E #571D9E

monochromatic

#37340A #6A6614 #9E971D #D2C826 #E0D856

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9E971D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#9E971D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E971D

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E971D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E971D	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8C81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e971d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 151, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.133 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb566',
    500: '#9e971d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e971d;
$custom-light: #bfb566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e971d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66194,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.29491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E971D

secondary

#545AC3

accent

#46EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E971D

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

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