#9E9F23#9E9F23

#9E9F23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.138 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E9F23
RGB	rgb(158, 159, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 78%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -14.78, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 61.15, 103.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.0472 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.138 110)
XYZ	xyz(26.8031, 32.1875, 6.3907)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E9F23 #24239F

analogous

#9F6223 #9E9F23 #609F23

triadic

#9E9F23 #239E9F #9F239E

tetradic

#9E9F23 #239F62 #24239F #9F2360

square

#9E9F23 #239F62 #24239F #9F2360

split-complementary

#9E9F23 #23609F #62239F

monochromatic

#3A3B0D #6C6D18 #9E9F23 #D0D12E #DBDC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#9E9F23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#9E9F23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #9E9F23

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E9F23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E9F23	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA9588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e9f23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 159, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.138 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bebb69',
    500: '#9e9f23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e9f23;
$custom-light: #bebb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e9f23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.484,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68026,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.32187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E9F23

secondary

#5E5DC1

accent

#41E742

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E9F23

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

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