#9E992B#9E992B

#9E992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.127 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E992B
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 72.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -11.28, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 56.20, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.0367 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.127 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.9288, 30.2269, 6.7536)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E992B #2B309E

analogous

#9E5F2B #9E992B #6A9E2B

triadic

#9E992B #2B9E99 #992B9E

tetradic

#9E992B #2B9E5F #2B309E #9E2B6A

square

#9E992B #2B9E5F #2B309E #9E2B6A

split-complementary

#9E992B #2B6A9E #5F2B9E

monochromatic

#3E3C11 #6E6A1E #9E992B #CAC43C #D7D26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9E992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9E992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E992B

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E992B	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.127 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb66c',
    500: '#9e992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e992b;
$custom-light: #beb66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66724,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E992B

secondary

#676BBE

accent

#4EE047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E992B

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

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