#9E9D18#9E9D18

#9E9D18 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	#9E9D18
RGB	rgb(158, 157, 24)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 84.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -14.11, 61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 63.45, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0462 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.141 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3235, 31.4498, 5.5478)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9D18 #18199E

analogous

#9E5A18 #9E9D18 #5C9E18

triadic

#9E9D18 #189E9D #9D189E

tetradic

#9E9D18 #189E5A #18199E #9E185C

square

#9E9D18 #189E5A #18199E #9E185C

split-complementary

#9E9D18 #185C9E #5A189E

monochromatic

#343308 #696810 #9E9D18 #D3D220 #E4E34D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9E9D18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#9E9D18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9D18

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9D18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9D18	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)

#AC9A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9d18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 157, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.141 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb965',
    500: '#9e9d18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9d18;
$custom-light: #bfb965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9d18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.552,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67522,
    "c": 0.14064,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9D18

secondary

#4C4DC6

accent

#39F038

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9D18

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

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