#9E9C2D#9E9C2D

#9E9C2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.129 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9C2D
RGB	rgb(158, 156, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 71.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -12.76, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 56.59, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0406 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.129 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4636, 31.2363, 7.1173)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9C2D #2D2F9E

analogous

#9E642D #9E9C2D #689E2D

triadic

#9E9C2D #2D9E9C #9C2D9E

tetradic

#9E9C2D #2D9E64 #2D2F9E #9E2D68

square

#9E9C2D #2D9E64 #2D2F9E #9E2D68

split-complementary

#9E9C2D #2D689E #642D9E

monochromatic

#3F3E12 #6E6D1F #9E9C2D #C9C640 #D6D46F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#9E9C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#9E9C2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9C2D

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9C2D	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9961A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 156, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.129 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb96e',
    500: '#9e9c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9c2d;
$custom-light: #beb96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67412,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9C2D

secondary

#696BBD

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9C2D

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

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