#9E992E#9E992E

#9E992E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.125 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E992E
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.87, -11.13, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.87, 55.07, 101.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.036 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.125 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9859, 30.2497, 7.0542)
Luminance	0.3025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E992E #2E339E

analogous

#9E612E #9E992E #6B9E2E

triadic

#9E992E #2E9E99 #992E9E

tetradic

#9E992E #2E9E61 #2E339E #9E2E6B

square

#9E992E #2E9E61 #2E339E #9E2E6B

split-complementary

#9E992E #2E6B9E #612E9E

monochromatic

#3F3D12 #6F6B20 #9E992E #C8C241 #D6D171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9E992E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#9E992E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E992E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E992E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E992E	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)

#A6931D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e992e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.125 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb66e',
    500: '#9e992e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e992e;
$custom-light: #beb66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e992e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66746,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E992E

secondary

#6B6EBD

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E992E

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

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