#9E9826#9E9826

#9E9826 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.129 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9826
RGB	rgb(158, 152, 38)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.8%, 75.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.54, -10.98, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.54, 57.61, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.47% -0.0363 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(66.47% 0.129 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6797, 29.8665, 6.2455)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9826 #262C9E

analogous

#9E5C26 #9E9826 #689E26

triadic

#9E9826 #269E98 #98269E

tetradic

#9E9826 #269E5C #262C9E #9E2668

square

#9E9826 #269E5C #262C9E #9E2668

split-complementary

#9E9826 #26689E #5C269E

monochromatic

#3B390E #6D691A #9E9826 #CEC633 #DAD465

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#9E9826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#9E9826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9826

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9826	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)

#A5920D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 152, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.129 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb66a',
    500: '#9e9826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9826;
$custom-light: #beb66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66467,
    "c": 0.12929,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9826

secondary

#6065C0

accent

#4CE443

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9826

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

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