#9E9916#9E9916

#9E9916 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	#9E9916
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 22)
HSL	hsl(58, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -12.07, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 62.57, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0406 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.138 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6377, 30.1104, 5.2203)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9916 #161B9E

analogous

#9E5516 #9E9916 #5F9E16

triadic

#9E9916 #169E99 #99169E

tetradic

#9E9916 #169E55 #161B9E #9E165F

square

#9E9916 #169E55 #161B9E #9E165F

split-complementary

#9E9916 #165F9E #55169E

monochromatic

#333107 #68650F #9E9916 #D4CD1D #E6E049

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9E9916 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#9E9916 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9916

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9916	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9916	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)

#A99724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.138 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb663',
    500: '#9e9916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9916;
$custom-light: #bfb663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.794,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66613,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9916

secondary

#494EC7

accent

#3DF236

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9916

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

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