#9E981F#9E981F

#9E981F 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 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E981F
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 31)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 80.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -11.26, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 59.85, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0377 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.133 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5772, 29.8255, 5.7057)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E981F #1F259E

analogous

#9E581F #9E981F #659E1F

triadic

#9E981F #1F9E98 #981F9E

tetradic

#9E981F #1F9E58 #1F259E #9E1F65

square

#9E981F #1F9E58 #1F259E #9E1F65

split-complementary

#9E981F #1F659E #581F9E

monochromatic

#38360B #6B6715 #9E981F #D1C929 #DED859

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#9E981F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#9E981F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E981F

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E981F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E981F	1.00	3.02	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e981f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.133 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb667',
    500: '#9e981f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e981f;
$custom-light: #beb667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e981f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 67.196,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66428,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E981F

secondary

#565CC2

accent

#46EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E981F

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

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