#9E9B20#9E9B20

#9E9B20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.135 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9B20
RGB	rgb(158, 155, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.35, -12.80, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.35, 60.60, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.042 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.135 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0837, 30.8170, 5.9405)
Luminance	0.3082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9B20 #20239E

analogous

#9E5C20 #9E9B20 #629E20

triadic

#9E9B20 #209E9B #9B209E

tetradic

#9E9B20 #209E5C #20239E #9E2062

square

#9E9B20 #209E5C #20239E #9E2062

split-complementary

#9E9B20 #20629E #5C209E

monochromatic

#38370B #6B6916 #9E9B20 #D1CD2A #DEDB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9E9B20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#9E9B20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9B20

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9B20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9B20	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)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 155, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.135 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb867',
    500: '#9e9b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9b20;
$custom-light: #beb867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67107,
    "c": 0.13531,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9B20

secondary

#585AC2

accent

#43E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9B20

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

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