#9E981A#9E981A

#9E981A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.135 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E981A
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 26)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, -11.43, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 61.25, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0386 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.135 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5164, 29.8011, 5.3852)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E981A #1A209E

analogous

#9E561A #9E981A #629E1A

triadic

#9E981A #1A9E98 #981A9E

tetradic

#9E981A #1A9E56 #1A209E #9E1A62

square

#9E981A #1A9E56 #1A209E #9E1A62

split-complementary

#9E981A #1A629E #561A9E

monochromatic

#353309 #696511 #9E981A #D3CB23 #E2DC50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#9E981A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#9E981A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E981A

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E981A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E981A	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)

#A89726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e981a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.135 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb665',
    500: '#9e981a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e981a;
$custom-light: #bfb665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e981a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66404,
    "c": 0.13516,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E981A

secondary

#4F54C5

accent

#42EE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E981A

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

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