#9E9D17#9E9D17

#9E9D17 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	#9E9D17
RGB	rgb(158, 157, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -14.14, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 63.69, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0463 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.141 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3132, 31.4458, 5.4940)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9D17 #17189E

analogous

#9E5A17 #9E9D17 #5B9E17

triadic

#9E9D17 #179E9D #9D179E

tetradic

#9E9D17 #179E5A #17189E #9E175B

square

#9E9D17 #179E5A #17189E #9E175B

split-complementary

#9E9D17 #175B9E #5A179E

monochromatic

#333307 #69680F #9E9D17 #D3D21F #E5E44B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9E9D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#9E9D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9D17

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9D17	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: #9e9d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 157, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.141 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb964',
    500: '#9e9d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9d17;
$custom-light: #bfb964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67518,
    "c": 0.14101,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9D17

secondary

#4A4BC6

accent

#38F137

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9D17

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

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