#9E9B2E#9E9B2E

#9E9B2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.127 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9B2E
RGB	rgb(158, 155, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.9%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -12.18, 54.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 55.83, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0389 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.127 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.3160, 30.9099, 7.1642)
Luminance	0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9B2E #2E319E

analogous

#9E632E #9E9B2E #699E2E

triadic

#9E9B2E #2E9E9B #9B2E9E

tetradic

#9E9B2E #2E9E63 #2E319E #9E2E69

square

#9E9B2E #2E9E63 #2E319E #9E2E69

split-complementary

#9E9B2E #2E699E #632E9E

monochromatic

#3F3E12 #6F6D20 #9E9B2E #C8C441 #D6D371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#9E9B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#9E9B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9B2E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9B2E	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8951C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 155, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.127 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb86e',
    500: '#9e9b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9b2e;
$custom-light: #beb86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.393,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67195,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9B2E

secondary

#6B6DBD

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9B2E

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

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