#9E9C1D#9E9C1D

#9E9C1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.138 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9C1D
RGB	rgb(158, 156, 29)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 81.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, -13.43, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 61.82, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.044 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.138 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2118, 31.1356, 5.7912)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9C1D #1D1F9E

analogous

#9E5C1D #9E9C1D #609E1D

triadic

#9E9C1D #1D9E9C #9C1D9E

tetradic

#9E9C1D #1D9E5C #1D1F9E #9E1D60

square

#9E9C1D #1D9E5C #1D1F9E #9E1D60

split-complementary

#9E9C1D #1D609E #5C1D9E

monochromatic

#37360A #6A6914 #9E9C1D #D2CF26 #E0DE56

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9E9C1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9E9C1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9C1D

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9C1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9C1D	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9c1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 156, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.138 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb866',
    500: '#9e9c1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9c1d;
$custom-light: #beb866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9c1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67318,
    "c": 0.13766,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9C1D

secondary

#5455C3

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9C1D

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

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