#9E9815#9E9815

#9E9815 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.137 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9815
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 21)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(57, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.46, -11.56, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.46, 62.47, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.0393 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.137 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.4653, 29.7807, 5.1162)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9815 #151B9E

analogous

#9E5315 #9E9815 #609E15

triadic

#9E9815 #159E98 #98159E

tetradic

#9E9815 #159E53 #151B9E #9E1560

square

#9E9815 #159E53 #151B9E #9E1560

split-complementary

#9E9815 #15609E #53159E

monochromatic

#323007 #68640E #9E9815 #D4CC1C #E7E047

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#9E9815 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#9E9815 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9815

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9815	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9815	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9815;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.137 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb663',
    500: '#9e9815',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9815;
$custom-light: #bfb663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9815",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66385,
    "c": 0.13704,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9815

secondary

#474DC7

accent

#3DF335

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9815

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

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