#9E9937#9E9937

#9E9937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.119 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9937
RGB	rgb(158, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 65%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.2%, 65.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -10.60, 50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 51.40, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.0335 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.119 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1823, 30.3283, 8.0885)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9937 #373C9E

analogous

#9E6637 #9E9937 #709E37

triadic

#9E9937 #379E99 #99379E

tetradic

#9E9937 #379E66 #373C9E #9E3770

square

#9E9937 #379E66 #373C9E #9E3770

split-complementary

#9E9937 #37709E #66379E

monochromatic

#434117 #716D27 #9E9937 #C2BD50 #D2CE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#9E9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#9E9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9937

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9937	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6932A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A98F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.119 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb673',
    500: '#9e9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9937;
$custom-light: #bdb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.087,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66822,
    "c": 0.1187,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9937

secondary

#7679BB

accent

#56D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9937

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

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