#9E9B15#9E9B15

#9E9B15 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.140 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9B15
RGB	rgb(158, 155, 21)
HSL	hsl(59, 77%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 86.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -13.14, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 63.46, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.0437 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.14 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9584, 30.7668, 5.2805)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9B15 #15189E

analogous

#9E5615 #9E9B15 #5D9E15

triadic

#9E9B15 #159E9B #9B159E

tetradic

#9E9B15 #159E56 #15189E #9E155D

square

#9E9B15 #159E56 #15189E #9E155D

split-complementary

#9E9B15 #155D9E #56159E

monochromatic

#323107 #68660E #9E9B15 #D4D01C #E7E347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#9E9B15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#9E9B15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9B15

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9B15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9B15	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9924

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9b15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 155, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.140 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb863',
    500: '#9e9b15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9b15;
$custom-light: #bfb863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9b15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67059,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9B15

secondary

#474AC7

accent

#39F335

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9B15

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

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