#9E9C22#9E9C22

#9E9C22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.135 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9C22
RGB	rgb(158, 156, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 78.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -13.25, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 60.36, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0431 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.135 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2788, 31.1624, 6.1437)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9C22 #22249E

analogous

#9E5E22 #9E9C22 #629E22

triadic

#9E9C22 #229E9C #9C229E

tetradic

#9E9C22 #229E5E #22249E #9E2262

square

#9E9C22 #229E5E #22249E #9E2262

split-complementary

#9E9C22 #22629E #5E229E

monochromatic

#39390C #6C6A17 #9E9C22 #D0CE2D #DCDA5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9E9C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9E9C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9C22

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9C22	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	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)

#AB992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9185

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 156, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.135 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb868',
    500: '#9e9c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9c22;
$custom-light: #beb868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67343,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9C22

secondary

#5B5CC1

accent

#43E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9C22

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →