#9E9915#9E9915

#9E9915 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.138 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9915
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 21)
HSL	hsl(58, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -12.09, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 62.80, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0408 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.138 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6283, 30.1067, 5.1705)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9915 #151A9E

analogous

#9E5415 #9E9915 #5F9E15

triadic

#9E9915 #159E99 #99159E

tetradic

#9E9915 #159E54 #151A9E #9E155F

square

#9E9915 #159E54 #151A9E #9E155F

split-complementary

#9E9915 #155F9E #54159E

monochromatic

#323007 #68650E #9E9915 #D4CD1C #E7E147

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9E9915 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#9E9915 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9915

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9915	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9915	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9915;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.138 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb663',
    500: '#9e9915',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9915;
$custom-light: #bfb663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9915",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.81,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66609,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9915

secondary

#474CC7

accent

#3CF335

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9915

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

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