#9E9D16#9E9D16

#9E9D16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.141 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9D16
RGB	rgb(158, 157, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -14.16, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 63.91, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0464 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.141 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3034, 31.4418, 5.4422)
Luminance	0.3144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9D16 #16179E

analogous

#9E5916 #9E9D16 #5B9E16

triadic

#9E9D16 #169E9D #9D169E

tetradic

#9E9D16 #169E59 #16179E #9E165B

square

#9E9D16 #169E59 #16179E #9E165B

split-complementary

#9E9D16 #165B9E #59169E

monochromatic

#333207 #68680F #9E9D16 #D4D21D #E6E449

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9E9D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#9E9D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9D16

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9D16	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 157, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.141 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb964',
    500: '#9e9d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9d16;
$custom-light: #bfb964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67515,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9D16

secondary

#494AC7

accent

#37F236

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9D16

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

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