#9E9933#9E9933

#9E9933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.122 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9933
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 67.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.90, -10.85, 51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.90, 53.08, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0346 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.122 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0903, 30.2915, 7.6038)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9933 #33389E

analogous

#9E6333 #9E9933 #6D9E33

triadic

#9E9933 #339E99 #99339E

tetradic

#9E9933 #339E63 #33389E #9E336D

square

#9E9933 #339E63 #33389E #9E336D

split-complementary

#9E9933 #336D9E #63339E

monochromatic

#413F15 #706C24 #9E9933 #C4BF4A #D3CF78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#9E9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#9E9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9933

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9933	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69325

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.122 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb671',
    500: '#9e9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9933;
$custom-light: #beb671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.196,
    "s": 51.196,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66786,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9933

secondary

#7174BC

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9933

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

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