#9E981E#9E981E

#9E981E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.133 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E981E
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 30)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -11.30, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 60.15, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0379 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.133 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5642, 29.8203, 5.6373)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E981E #1E249E

analogous

#9E581E #9E981E #649E1E

triadic

#9E981E #1E9E98 #981E9E

tetradic

#9E981E #1E9E58 #1E249E #9E1E64

square

#9E981E #1E9E58 #1E249E #9E1E64

split-complementary

#9E981E #1E649E #581E9E

monochromatic

#37350A #6B6714 #9E981E #D1C928 #DFD957

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#9E981E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#9E981E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E981E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E981E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E981E	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)

#A89729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e981e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.133 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb666',
    500: '#9e981e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e981e;
$custom-light: #beb666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e981e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66423,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E981E

secondary

#555AC3

accent

#45EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E981E

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

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