#9E991E#9E991E

#9E991E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.134 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E991E
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 30)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.78, -11.82, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.78, 60.49, 101.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0394 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.134 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7272, 30.1462, 5.6917)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E991E #1E239E

analogous

#9E591E #9E991E #639E1E

triadic

#9E991E #1E9E99 #991E9E

tetradic

#9E991E #1E9E59 #1E239E #9E1E63

square

#9E991E #1E9E59 #1E239E #9E1E63

split-complementary

#9E991E #1E639E #591E9E

monochromatic

#37350A #6B6714 #9E991E #D1CB28 #DFDA57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9E991E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#9E991E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E991E

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E991E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E991E	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e991e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.134 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb666',
    500: '#9e991e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e991e;
$custom-light: #beb666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e991e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.656,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66647,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E991E

secondary

#5559C3

accent

#44EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E991E

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

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