#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
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.40
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.55
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 4.75
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.31
Baby Shit Green
#889717
ΔE00 5.40
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.71
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