#9E9D23#9E9D23

#9E9D23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.136 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9D23
RGB	rgb(158, 157, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -13.74, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 60.41, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0443 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.136 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4619, 31.5052, 6.2770)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9D23 #23249E

analogous

#9E5F23 #9E9D23 #629E23

triadic

#9E9D23 #239E9D #9D239E

tetradic

#9E9D23 #239E5F #23249E #9E2362

square

#9E9D23 #239E5F #23249E #9E2362

split-complementary

#9E9D23 #23629E #5F239E

monochromatic

#3A390D #6C6B18 #9E9D23 #D0CF2E #DCDB60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#9E9D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#9E9D23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9D23

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9D23	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)

#AC9A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 157, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.136 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beb969',
    500: '#9e9d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9d23;
$custom-light: #beb969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67574,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9D23

secondary

#5C5DC1

accent

#42E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9D23

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

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