#9E9824#9E9824

#9E9824 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.130 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9824
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -11.07, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 58.28, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0368 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.13 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6483, 29.8539, 6.0801)
Luminance	0.2985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9824 #242A9E

analogous

#9E5B24 #9E9824 #679E24

triadic

#9E9824 #249E98 #98249E

tetradic

#9E9824 #249E5B #242A9E #9E2467

square

#9E9824 #249E5B #242A9E #9E2467

split-complementary

#9E9824 #24679E #5B249E

monochromatic

#3A380D #6C6819 #9E9824 #D0C82F #DBD561

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9E9824 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#9E9824 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9824

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9824	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9824	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)

#A69207

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9824;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.130 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb669',
    500: '#9e9824',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9824;
$custom-light: #beb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9824",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66455,
    "c": 0.1304,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9824

secondary

#5E62C0

accent

#4AE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9824

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

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