#9E9B19#9E9B19

#9E9B19 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.138 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9B19
RGB	rgb(158, 155, 25)
HSL	hsl(59, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(59, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 84.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -13.03, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 62.52, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0431 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.138 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9984, 30.7829, 5.4917)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9B19 #191C9E

analogous

#9E5819 #9E9B19 #5E9E19

triadic

#9E9B19 #199E9B #9B199E

tetradic

#9E9B19 #199E58 #191C9E #9E195E

square

#9E9B19 #199E58 #191C9E #9E195E

split-complementary

#9E9B19 #195E9E #58199E

monochromatic

#343308 #696711 #9E9B19 #D3CF21 #E3E04E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9E9B19 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#9E9B19 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9B19

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9B19	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9B19	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)

#AB9926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9b19;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 155, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.138 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb865',
    500: '#9e9b19',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9b19;
$custom-light: #bfb865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9b19",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67075,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9B19

secondary

#4E50C5

accent

#3DEF38

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9B19

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

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