#9E9D1E#9E9D1E

#9E9D1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.138 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9D1E
RGB	rgb(158, 157, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -13.92, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 61.90, 103.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.55% -0.0452 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(67.55% 0.138 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3929, 31.4776, 5.9136)
Luminance	0.3148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9D1E #1E1F9E

analogous

#9E5D1E #9E9D1E #5F9E1E

triadic

#9E9D1E #1E9E9D #9D1E9E

tetradic

#9E9D1E #1E9E5D #1E1F9E #9E1E5F

square

#9E9D1E #1E9E5D #1E1F9E #9E1E5F

split-complementary

#9E9D1E #1E5F9E #5D1E9E

monochromatic

#37370A #6B6A14 #9E9D1E #D1D028 #DFDE57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9E9D1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#9E9D1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9D1E

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9D1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9D1E	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9d1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 157, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.138 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb967',
    500: '#9e9d1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9d1e;
$custom-light: #beb967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9d1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.531,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67548,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9D1E

secondary

#5556C3

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9D1E

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

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