#9E9E18#9E9E18

#9E9E18 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	#9E9E18
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 24)
HSL	hsl(60, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 84.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -14.63, 62.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 63.80, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0476 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.142 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4933, 31.7896, 5.6044)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9E18 #18189E

analogous

#9E5B18 #9E9E18 #5B9E18

triadic

#9E9E18 #189E9E #9E189E

tetradic

#9E9E18 #189E5B #18189E #9E185B

square

#9E9E18 #189E5B #18189E #9E185B

split-complementary

#9E9E18 #185B9E #5B189E

monochromatic

#343408 #696910 #9E9E18 #D3D320 #E4E44D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9E9E18 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#9E9E18 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9E18

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9E18	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9E18	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)

#AD9B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9e18;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 24);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.142 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba65',
    500: '#9e9e18',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9e18;
$custom-light: #bfba65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9e18",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 24
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67748,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9E18

secondary

#4C4CC6

accent

#38F038

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9E18

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

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