#9E9820#9E9820

#9E9820 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.132 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9820
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 32)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.51, -11.22, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.51, 59.55, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0376 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.132 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.5906, 29.8308, 5.7762)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9820 #20269E

analogous

#9E5920 #9E9820 #659E20

triadic

#9E9820 #209E98 #98209E

tetradic

#9E9820 #209E59 #20269E #9E2065

square

#9E9820 #209E59 #20269E #9E2065

split-complementary

#9E9820 #20659E #59209E

monochromatic

#38360B #6B6716 #9E9820 #D1C92A #DED75B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9E9820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#9E9820 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9820

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9820	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	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: #9e9820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.132 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb667',
    500: '#9e9820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9820;
$custom-light: #beb667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66433,
    "c": 0.13247,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9820

secondary

#585DC2

accent

#47E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9820

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

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