#9E9728#9E9728

#9E9728 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.127 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9728
RGB	rgb(158, 151, 40)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 74.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.27, -10.36, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.27, 56.56, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.0344 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.127 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.5512, 29.5565, 6.3661)
Luminance	0.2956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9728 #282F9E

analogous

#9E5C28 #9E9728 #6A9E28

triadic

#9E9728 #289E97 #97289E

tetradic

#9E9728 #289E5C #282F9E #9E286A

square

#9E9728 #289E5C #282F9E #9E286A

split-complementary

#9E9728 #286A9E #5C289E

monochromatic

#3C3A0F #6D681C #9E9728 #CCC337 #D9D268

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#9E9728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.91

#9E9728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9728

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9728	1.00	3.04	6.91	6.91
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79630

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 151, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.127 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb56b',
    500: '#9e9728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9728;
$custom-light: #beb56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 59.596,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66257,
    "c": 0.12717,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9728

secondary

#6368BF

accent

#4EE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9728

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

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