#9E9E20#9E9E20

#9E9E20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.138 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9E20
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.20, -14.37, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.20, 61.68, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0463 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.138 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5891, 31.8279, 6.1090)
Luminance	0.3183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9E20 #20209E

analogous

#9E5F20 #9E9E20 #5F9E20

triadic

#9E9E20 #209E9E #9E209E

tetradic

#9E9E20 #209E5F #20209E #9E205F

square

#9E9E20 #209E5F #20209E #9E205F

split-complementary

#9E9E20 #205F9E #5F209E

monochromatic

#38380B #6B6B16 #9E9E20 #D1D12A #DEDE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9E9E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#9E9E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9E20

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9E20	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.138 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beba68',
    500: '#9e9e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9e20;
$custom-light: #beba68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67784,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9E20

secondary

#5858C2

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9E20

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

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