#9E9C23#9E9C23

#9E9C23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.135 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9C23
RGB	rgb(158, 156, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -13.21, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 60.04, 102.71°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0429 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.135 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2934, 31.1682, 6.2208)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9C23 #23259E

analogous

#9E5E23 #9E9C23 #639E23

triadic

#9E9C23 #239E9C #9C239E

tetradic

#9E9C23 #239E5E #23259E #9E2363

square

#9E9C23 #239E5E #23259E #9E2363

split-complementary

#9E9C23 #23639E #5E239E

monochromatic

#3A390D #6C6B18 #9E9C23 #D0CD2E #DCDA60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9E9C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9E9C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9C23

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9C23	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)

#A99501

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 156, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.135 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb869',
    500: '#9e9c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9c23;
$custom-light: #beb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67348,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9C23

secondary

#5C5EC1

accent

#44E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9C23

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

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