#9E9B1D#9E9B1D

#9E9B1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.137 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9B1D
RGB	rgb(158, 155, 29)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 81.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, -12.91, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 61.47, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.0425 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.137 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0447, 30.8014, 5.7355)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9B1D #1D209E

analogous

#9E5B1D #9E9B1D #619E1D

triadic

#9E9B1D #1D9E9B #9B1D9E

tetradic

#9E9B1D #1D9E5B #1D209E #9E1D61

square

#9E9B1D #1D9E5B #1D209E #9E1D61

split-complementary

#9E9B1D #1D619E #5B1D9E

monochromatic

#37360A #6A6814 #9E9B1D #D2CE26 #E0DD56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9E9B1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#9E9B1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9B1D

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9B1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9B1D	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)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9b1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 155, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.137 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb866',
    500: '#9e9b1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9b1d;
$custom-light: #beb866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9b1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67092,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9B1D

secondary

#5456C3

accent

#40EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9B1D

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

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