#9E9C24#9E9C24

#9E9C24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.134 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9C24
RGB	rgb(158, 156, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, -13.17, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 59.73, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.35% -0.0427 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(67.35% 0.134 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3085, 31.1743, 6.3001)
Luminance	0.3117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9C24 #24269E

analogous

#9E5F24 #9E9C24 #639E24

triadic

#9E9C24 #249E9C #9C249E

tetradic

#9E9C24 #249E5F #24269E #9E2463

square

#9E9C24 #249E5F #24269E #9E2463

split-complementary

#9E9C24 #24639E #5F249E

monochromatic

#3A3A0D #6C6B19 #9E9C24 #D0CD2F #DBD961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9E9C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#9E9C24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9C24

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9C24	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)

#A99504

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 156, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.134 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb869',
    500: '#9e9c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9c24;
$custom-light: #beb869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.016,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67354,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9C24

secondary

#5E5FC0

accent

#45E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9C24

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

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