#9E9733#9E9733

#9E9733 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.120 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9733
RGB	rgb(158, 151, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 67.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -9.78, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 52.31, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% -0.0316 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.12 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.7657, 29.6423, 7.4956)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9733 #333A9E

analogous

#9E6133 #9E9733 #6F9E33

triadic

#9E9733 #339E97 #97339E

tetradic

#9E9733 #339E61 #333A9E #9E336F

square

#9E9733 #339E61 #333A9E #9E336F

split-complementary

#9E9733 #336F9E #61339E

monochromatic

#413F15 #706B24 #9E9733 #C4BC4A #D3CD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#9E9733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#9E9733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9733

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9733	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 151, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.120 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb570',
    500: '#9e9733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9733;
$custom-light: #beb570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.075,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6634,
    "c": 0.11976,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9733

secondary

#7176BC

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9733

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

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