#9E9819#9E9819

#9E9819 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.136 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9819
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 25)
HSL	hsl(57, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -11.46, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 61.51, 100.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0387 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.136 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5054, 29.7967, 5.3274)
Luminance	0.2980 (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

#9E9819 #191F9E

analogous

#9E5519 #9E9819 #619E19

triadic

#9E9819 #199E98 #98199E

tetradic

#9E9819 #199E55 #191F9E #9E1961

square

#9E9819 #199E55 #191F9E #9E1961

split-complementary

#9E9819 #19619E #55199E

monochromatic

#343208 #696511 #9E9819 #D3CB21 #E3DC4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#9E9819 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#9E9819 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9819

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9819	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9819	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)

#A89725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9819;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.136 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb664',
    500: '#9e9819',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9819;
$custom-light: #bfb664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9819",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.664,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9819

secondary

#4E53C5

accent

#41EF38

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9819

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

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