#9E974A#9E974A

#9E974A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.099 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E974A
RGB	rgb(158, 151, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 53.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.57, -8.09, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.57, 41.78, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0241 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.099 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4040, 29.8976, 10.8572)
Luminance	0.2990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E974A #4A519E

analogous

#9E6D4A #9E974A #7B9E4A

triadic

#9E974A #4A9E97 #974A9E

tetradic

#9E974A #4A9E6D #4A519E #9E4A7B

square

#9E974A #4A9E6D #4A519E #9E4A7B

split-complementary

#9E974A #4A7B9E #6D4A9E

monochromatic

#4B4723 #746F36 #9E974A #BAB36B #CDC995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9E974A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#9E974A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E974A

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E974A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E974A	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)

#A39243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5964E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A88E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e974a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 151, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.099 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb57f',
    500: '#9e974a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e974a;
$custom-light: #bdb57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e974a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66587,
    "c": 0.09943,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E974A

secondary

#8A8EB9

accent

#65CC5C

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6EE

border

#D0D0C9

text

#12110A

muted

#81807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E974A

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

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