#9E9749#9E9749

#9E9749 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.100 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9749
RGB	rgb(158, 151, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 37%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 53.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, -8.18, 41.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 42.27, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0245 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.1 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3705, 29.8842, 10.6812)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9749 #49509E

analogous

#9E6C49 #9E9749 #7A9E49

triadic

#9E9749 #499E97 #97499E

tetradic

#9E9749 #499E6C #49509E #9E497A

square

#9E9749 #499E6C #49509E #9E497A

split-complementary

#9E9749 #497A9E #6C499E

monochromatic

#4A4722 #746F36 #9E9749 #BAB46A #CEC994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9E9749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#9E9749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9749

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9749	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 151, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.100 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb57e',
    500: '#9e9749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9749;
$custom-light: #bdb57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.059,
    "s": 36.797,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66574,
    "c": 0.10044,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9749

secondary

#898DBA

accent

#64CD5B

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9749

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

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