#9E9E24#9E9E24

#9E9E24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.136 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9E24
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -14.22, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 60.47, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0456 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.136 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6468, 31.8510, 6.4129)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9E24 #24249E

analogous

#9E6124 #9E9E24 #619E24

triadic

#9E9E24 #249E9E #9E249E

tetradic

#9E9E24 #249E61 #24249E #9E2461

square

#9E9E24 #249E61 #24249E #9E2461

split-complementary

#9E9E24 #24619E #61249E

monochromatic

#3A3A0D #6C6C19 #9E9E24 #D0D02F #DBDB61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#9E9E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#9E9E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9E24

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9E24	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)

#AB9703

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.136 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beba6a',
    500: '#9e9e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9e24;
$custom-light: #beba6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67805,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9E24

secondary

#5E5EC0

accent

#42E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9E24

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

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