#9E9F16#9E9F16

#9E9F16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.143 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9F16
RGB	rgb(158, 159, 22)
HSL	hsl(60, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 86.2%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -15.20, 62.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 64.61, 103.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.0493 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.143 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6446, 32.1241, 5.5559)
Luminance	0.3212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9F16 #17169F

analogous

#9F5B16 #9E9F16 #599F16

triadic

#9E9F16 #169E9F #9F169E

tetradic

#9E9F16 #169F5B #17169F #9F1659

square

#9E9F16 #169F5B #17169F #9F1659

split-complementary

#9E9F16 #16599F #5B169F

monochromatic

#333307 #69690F #9E9F16 #D3D51D #E5E64A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#9E9F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.42

#9E9F16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9F16

7.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9F16	1.00	2.83	7.42	7.42
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 159, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.143 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfbb64',
    500: '#9e9f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9f16;
$custom-light: #bfbb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.438,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67967,
    "c": 0.14329,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9F16

secondary

#4A4AC7

accent

#36F237

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9F16

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

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