#9E9B23#9E9B23

#9E9B23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.134 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9B23
RGB	rgb(158, 155, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -12.69, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 59.68, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0414 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.134 108)
XYZ	xyz(26.1263, 30.8340, 6.1651)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9B23 #23269E

analogous

#9E5E23 #9E9B23 #639E23

triadic

#9E9B23 #239E9B #9B239E

tetradic

#9E9B23 #239E5E #23269E #9E2363

square

#9E9B23 #239E5E #23269E #9E2363

split-complementary

#9E9B23 #23639E #5E239E

monochromatic

#3A390D #6C6A18 #9E9B23 #D0CC2E #DCD960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#9E9B23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#9E9B23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9B23

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9B23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9B23	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 155, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.134 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb869',
    500: '#9e9b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9b23;
$custom-light: #beb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67123,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.30833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9B23

secondary

#5C5FC1

accent

#45E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9B23

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

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