#9E992C#9E992C

#9E992C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.127 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E992C
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 72.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -11.23, 54.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 55.83, 101.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% -0.0365 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.127 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9474, 30.2343, 6.8514)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E992C #2C319E

analogous

#9E602C #9E992C #6A9E2C

triadic

#9E992C #2C9E99 #992C9E

tetradic

#9E992C #2C9E60 #2C319E #9E2C6A

square

#9E992C #2C9E60 #2C319E #9E2C6A

split-complementary

#9E992C #2C6A9E #602C9E

monochromatic

#3E3C11 #6E6B1F #9E992C #C9C33E #D7D26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9E992C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9E992C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E992C

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E992C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E992C	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)

#A69319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e992c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.127 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb66d',
    500: '#9e992c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e992c;
$custom-light: #beb66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e992c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66732,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E992C

secondary

#686CBE

accent

#4FE048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E992C

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

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