#9E9E16#9E9E16

#9E9E16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.142 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9E16
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.16, -14.68, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.16, 64.26, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% -0.0479 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.142 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4733, 31.7816, 5.4988)
Luminance	0.3178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9E16 #16169E

analogous

#9E5A16 #9E9E16 #5A9E16

triadic

#9E9E16 #169E9E #9E169E

tetradic

#9E9E16 #169E5A #16169E #9E165A

square

#9E9E16 #169E5A #16169E #9E165A

split-complementary

#9E9E16 #165A9E #5A169E

monochromatic

#333307 #68680F #9E9E16 #D4D41D #E6E649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9E9E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#9E9E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9E16

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9E16	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.142 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba64',
    500: '#9e9e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9e16;
$custom-light: #bfba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67741,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9E16

secondary

#4949C7

accent

#36F236

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9E16

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

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