#9E7C16#9E7C16

#9E7C16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.117 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7C16
RGB	rgb(158, 124, 22)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(45, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.75, 3.77, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.75, 54.89, 86.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.28% 0.0039 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(60.28% 0.117 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.4544, 21.7438, 3.8259)
Luminance	0.2174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7C16 #16389E

analogous

#9E3816 #9E7C16 #7C9E16

triadic

#9E7C16 #169E7C #7C169E

tetradic

#9E7C16 #169E38 #16389E #9E167C

square

#9E7C16 #169E38 #16389E #9E167C

split-complementary

#9E7C16 #167C9E #38169E

monochromatic

#332807 #68520F #9E7C16 #D4A61D #E6BE49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#9E7C16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#9E7C16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7C16

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7C16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7C16	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94841D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC706A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7c16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 124, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.117 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa15f',
    500: '#9e7c16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7c16;
$custom-light: #bfa15f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7c16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60275,
    "c": 0.11692,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7C16

secondary

#4968C7

accent

#65F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130E05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7C16

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

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