#9E9D3A#9E9D3A

#9E9D3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.120 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9D3A
RGB	rgb(158, 157, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 63.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.09, -12.52, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.09, 51.75, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0386 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.12 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9221, 31.6893, 8.7006)
Luminance	0.3169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9D3A #3A3B9E

analogous

#9E6B3A #9E9D3A #6D9E3A

triadic

#9E9D3A #3A9E9D #9D3A9E

tetradic

#9E9D3A #3A9E6B #3A3B9E #9E3A6D

square

#9E9D3A #3A9E6B #3A3B9E #9E3A6D

split-complementary

#9E9D3A #3A6D9E #6B3A9E

monochromatic

#444419 #71712A #9E9D3A #C0BF55 #D1D081

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9E9D3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#9E9D3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9D3A

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9D3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9D3A	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9d3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 157, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.120 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb975',
    500: '#9e9d3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9d3a;
$custom-light: #bdb975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9d3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.4,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67745,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9D3A

secondary

#797ABB

accent

#53D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9D3A

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

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