#9E9E1E#9E9E1E

#9E9E1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.139 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9E1E
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -14.44, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 62.25, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0467 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.139 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5628, 31.8174, 5.9702)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9E1E #1E1E9E

analogous

#9E5E1E #9E9E1E #5E9E1E

triadic

#9E9E1E #1E9E9E #9E1E9E

tetradic

#9E9E1E #1E9E5E #1E1E9E #9E1E5E

square

#9E9E1E #1E9E5E #1E1E9E #9E1E5E

split-complementary

#9E9E1E #1E5E9E #5E1E9E

monochromatic

#37370A #6B6B14 #9E9E1E #D1D128 #DFDF57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9E9E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#9E9E1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9E1E

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9E1E	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)

#AD9B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.139 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beba67',
    500: '#9e9e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9e1e;
$custom-light: #beba67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67774,
    "c": 0.13917,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9E1E

secondary

#5555C3

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9E1E

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

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