#9E9731#9E9731

#9E9731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.121 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9731
RGB	rgb(158, 151, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 69%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -9.90, 52.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 53.13, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0322 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.121 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.7225, 29.6250, 7.2684)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9731 #31389E

analogous

#9E6031 #9E9731 #6E9E31

triadic

#9E9731 #319E97 #97319E

tetradic

#9E9731 #319E60 #31389E #9E316E

square

#9E9731 #319E60 #31389E #9E316E

split-complementary

#9E9731 #316E9E #60319E

monochromatic

#413E14 #6F6A23 #9E9731 #C6BE46 #D4CE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9E9731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#9E9731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9731

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9731	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 151, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.121 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb56f',
    500: '#9e9731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9731;
$custom-light: #beb56f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.147,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66323,
    "c": 0.12123,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9731

secondary

#6E73BC

accent

#55DC4C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9731

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

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