#9E9A22#9E9A22

#9E9A22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.133 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9A22
RGB	rgb(158, 154, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, -12.20, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 59.64, 101.81°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0401 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.133 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9459, 30.4967, 6.0328)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9A22 #22269E

analogous

#9E5C22 #9E9A22 #649E22

triadic

#9E9A22 #229E9A #9A229E

tetradic

#9E9A22 #229E5C #22269E #9E2264

square

#9E9A22 #229E5C #22269E #9E2264

split-complementary

#9E9A22 #22649E #5C229E

monochromatic

#39380C #6C6917 #9E9A22 #D0CB2D #DCD85E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#9E9A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#9E9A22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9A22

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9A22	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 154, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.133 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb768',
    500: '#9e9a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9a22;
$custom-light: #beb768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66893,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9A22

secondary

#5B5EC1

accent

#46E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9A22

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

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