#9E9D3D#9E9D3D

#9E9D3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.118 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9D3D
RGB	rgb(158, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 61.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.11, -12.31, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.11, 50.44, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0377 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.118 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0007, 31.7207, 9.1144)
Luminance	0.3172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9D3D #3D3E9E

analogous

#9E6C3D #9E9D3D #6F9E3D

triadic

#9E9D3D #3D9E9D #9D3D9E

tetradic

#9E9D3D #3D9E6C #3D3E9E #9E3D6F

square

#9E9D3D #3D9E6C #3D3E9E #9E3D6F

split-complementary

#9E9D3D #3D6F9E #6C3D9E

monochromatic

#46451B #72712C #9E9D3D #BFBE59 #D0CF85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#9E9D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#9E9D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9D3D

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9D3D	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)

#A99732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.118 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb977',
    500: '#9e9d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9d3d;
$custom-light: #bdb977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.381,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67774,
    "c": 0.11801,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9D3D

secondary

#7D7DBA

accent

#55D454

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F7F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#121109

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9D3D

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

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