#9E9B18#9E9B18

#9E9B18 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.139 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9B18
RGB	rgb(158, 155, 24)
HSL	hsl(59, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 84.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -13.06, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 62.77, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0433 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.139 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9879, 30.7786, 5.4359)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9B18 #181B9E

analogous

#9E5818 #9E9B18 #5E9E18

triadic

#9E9B18 #189E9B #9B189E

tetradic

#9E9B18 #189E58 #181B9E #9E185E

square

#9E9B18 #189E58 #181B9E #9E185E

split-complementary

#9E9B18 #185E9E #58189E

monochromatic

#343308 #696710 #9E9B18 #D3CF20 #E4E04D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9E9B18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#9E9B18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9B18

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9B18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9B18	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9925

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9b18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 155, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.139 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb864',
    500: '#9e9b18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9b18;
$custom-light: #bfb864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9b18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67071,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9B18

secondary

#4C4FC6

accent

#3CF038

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9B18

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

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