#9E9919#9E9919

#9E9919 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.136 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9919
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 25)
HSL	hsl(58, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(58, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.76, -11.98, 60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.76, 61.84, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% -0.0402 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.136 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6684, 30.1227, 5.3817)
Luminance	0.3012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9919 #191E9E

analogous

#9E5619 #9E9919 #609E19

triadic

#9E9919 #199E99 #99199E

tetradic

#9E9919 #199E56 #191E9E #9E1960

square

#9E9919 #199E56 #191E9E #9E1960

split-complementary

#9E9919 #19609E #56199E

monochromatic

#343308 #696611 #9E9919 #D3CC21 #E3DD4E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9E9919 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#9E9919 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9919

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9919	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9919	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)

#A99726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9919;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.136 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb664',
    500: '#9e9919',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9919;
$custom-light: #bfb664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9919",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66625,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9919

secondary

#4E52C5

accent

#3FEF38

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9919

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

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