#9E9A2E#9E9A2E

#9E9A2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.126 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9A2E
RGB	rgb(158, 154, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, -11.65, 54.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 55.45, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% -0.0374 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.126 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1503, 30.5784, 7.1090)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9A2E #2E329E

analogous

#9E622E #9E9A2E #6A9E2E

triadic

#9E9A2E #2E9E9A #9A2E9E

tetradic

#9E9A2E #2E9E62 #2E329E #9E2E6A

square

#9E9A2E #2E9E62 #2E329E #9E2E6A

split-complementary

#9E9A2E #2E6A9E #622E9E

monochromatic

#3F3E12 #6F6C20 #9E9A2E #C8C341 #D6D271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#9E9A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#9E9A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9A2E

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9A2E	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7941C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 154, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.126 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb76e',
    500: '#9e9a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9a2e;
$custom-light: #beb76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6697,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9A2E

secondary

#6B6EBD

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9A2E

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

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