#9E9825#9E9825

#9E9825 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	#9E9825
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 37)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 76.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.53, -11.03, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.53, 57.95, 100.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0366 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.13 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6638, 29.8601, 6.1616)
Luminance	0.2986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9825 #252B9E

analogous

#9E5B25 #9E9825 #679E25

triadic

#9E9825 #259E98 #98259E

tetradic

#9E9825 #259E5B #252B9E #9E2567

square

#9E9825 #259E5B #252B9E #9E2567

split-complementary

#9E9825 #25679E #5B259E

monochromatic

#3B390E #6C6819 #9E9825 #CFC731 #DAD563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9E9825 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#9E9825 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9825

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9825	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9825	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)

#A5920A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9825;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.130 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb669',
    500: '#9e9825',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9825;
$custom-light: #beb669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9825",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.025,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66461,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9825

secondary

#5F64C0

accent

#4BE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9825

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

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