#9E9822#9E9822

#9E9822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.131 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9822
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.52, -11.15, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.52, 58.93, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.44% -0.0372 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(66.44% 0.131 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6186, 29.8420, 5.9237)
Luminance	0.2984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9822 #22289E

analogous

#9E5A22 #9E9822 #669E22

triadic

#9E9822 #229E98 #98229E

tetradic

#9E9822 #229E5A #22289E #9E2266

square

#9E9822 #229E5A #22289E #9E2266

split-complementary

#9E9822 #22669E #5A229E

monochromatic

#39370C #6C6817 #9E9822 #D0C82D #DCD65E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9E9822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#9E9822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9822

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9822	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)

#A69201

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.131 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb668',
    500: '#9e9822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9822;
$custom-light: #beb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66444,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9822

secondary

#5B60C1

accent

#48E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9822

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

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