#9E9922#9E9922

#9E9922 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.132 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9922
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.80, -11.68, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.80, 59.28, 101.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.67% -0.0387 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(66.67% 0.132 107)
XYZ	xyz(25.7816, 30.1680, 5.9780)
Luminance	0.3017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9922 #22279E

analogous

#9E5B22 #9E9922 #659E22

triadic

#9E9922 #229E99 #99229E

tetradic

#9E9922 #229E5B #22279E #9E2265

square

#9E9922 #229E5B #22279E #9E2265

split-complementary

#9E9922 #22659E #5B229E

monochromatic

#39370C #6C6817 #9E9922 #D0CA2D #DCD75E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#9E9922 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#9E9922 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9922

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9922	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9922	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)

#A79301

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8E83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9922;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.132 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb668',
    500: '#9e9922',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9922;
$custom-light: #beb668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9922",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66668,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.30167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9922

secondary

#5B5FC1

accent

#47E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9922

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

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