#9E9C1E#9E9C1E

#9E9C1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.137 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9C1E
RGB	rgb(158, 156, 30)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, -13.40, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 61.54, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0438 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.137 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2244, 31.1406, 5.8574)
Luminance	0.3114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9C1E #1E209E

analogous

#9E5C1E #9E9C1E #609E1E

triadic

#9E9C1E #1E9E9C #9C1E9E

tetradic

#9E9C1E #1E9E5C #1E209E #9E1E60

square

#9E9C1E #1E9E5C #1E209E #9E1E60

split-complementary

#9E9C1E #1E609E #5C1E9E

monochromatic

#37360A #6B6914 #9E9C1E #D1CF28 #DFDD57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#9E9C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9E9C1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9C1E

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9C1E	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)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 156, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.137 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb867',
    500: '#9e9c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9c1e;
$custom-light: #beb867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67322,
    "c": 0.13722,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9C1E

secondary

#5557C3

accent

#40EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9C1E

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

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