#9E992A#9E992A

#9E992A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.128 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E992A
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 73.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.84, -11.33, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.84, 56.56, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0369 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.128 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9107, 30.2196, 6.6582)
Luminance	0.3022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E992A #2A2F9E

analogous

#9E5F2A #9E992A #699E2A

triadic

#9E992A #2A9E99 #992A9E

tetradic

#9E992A #2A9E5F #2A2F9E #9E2A69

square

#9E992A #2A9E5F #2A2F9E #9E2A69

split-complementary

#9E992A #2A699E #5F2A9E

monochromatic

#3D3B10 #6E6A1D #9E992A #CBC53A #D8D36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9E992A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#9E992A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E992A

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E992A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E992A	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e992a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.128 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb66c',
    500: '#9e992a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e992a;
$custom-light: #beb66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e992a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66718,
    "c": 0.12787,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E992A

secondary

#6669BE

accent

#4DE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E992A

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

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