#9E9E23#9E9E23

#9E9E23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.137 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9E23
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -14.26, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 60.78, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% -0.0458 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.137 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6318, 31.8450, 6.3336)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9E23 #23239E

analogous

#9E6023 #9E9E23 #609E23

triadic

#9E9E23 #239E9E #9E239E

tetradic

#9E9E23 #239E60 #23239E #9E2360

square

#9E9E23 #239E60 #23239E #9E2360

split-complementary

#9E9E23 #23609E #60239E

monochromatic

#3A3A0D #6C6C18 #9E9E23 #D0D02E #DCDC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9E9E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#9E9E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9E23

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9E23	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)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.137 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beba69',
    500: '#9e9e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9e23;
$custom-light: #beba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.678,
    "c": 0.13677,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9E23

secondary

#5C5CC1

accent

#41E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9E23

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

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