#9E9E2E#9E9E2E

#9E9E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.130 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9E2E
RGB	rgb(158, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -13.76, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 57.00, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.0433 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.13 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8215, 31.9209, 7.3327)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9E2E #2E2E9E

analogous

#9E662E #9E9E2E #669E2E

triadic

#9E9E2E #2E9E9E #9E2E9E

tetradic

#9E9E2E #2E9E66 #2E2E9E #9E2E66

square

#9E9E2E #2E9E66 #2E2E9E #9E2E66

split-complementary

#9E9E2E #2E669E #662E9E

monochromatic

#3F3F12 #6F6F20 #9E9E2E #C8C841 #D6D671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#9E9E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#9E9E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9E2E

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9E2E	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB971B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A99488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.130 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#beba6e',
    500: '#9e9e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9e2e;
$custom-light: #beba6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.902,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6787,
    "c": 0.13035,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9E2E

secondary

#6B6BBD

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#121108

muted

#81807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9E2E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →