#9E9E1B#9E9E1B

#9E9E1B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.140 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9E1B
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 27)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -14.54, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 63.06, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.0472 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.14 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5263, 31.8028, 5.7779)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9E1B #1B1B9E

analogous

#9E5D1B #9E9E1B #5D9E1B

triadic

#9E9E1B #1B9E9E #9E1B9E

tetradic

#9E9E1B #1B9E5D #1B1B9E #9E1B5D

square

#9E9E1B #1B9E5D #1B1B9E #9E1B5D

split-complementary

#9E9E1B #1B5D9E #5D1B9E

monochromatic

#353509 #6A6A12 #9E9E1B #D2D224 #E1E152

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9E9E1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#9E9E1B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9E1B

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9E1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9E1B	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)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9e1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.140 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfba66',
    500: '#9e9e1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9e1b;
$custom-light: #bfba66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9e1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67761,
    "c": 0.14044,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9E1B

secondary

#5151C4

accent

#3AEE3A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9E1B

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

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