#9E7D16#9E7D16

#9E7D16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.117 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7D16
RGB	rgb(158, 125, 22)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(45, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 3.21, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 55.08, 86.66°)
OKLab	oklab(60.49% 0.0023 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(60.49% 0.117 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.5804, 21.9958, 3.8679)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7D16 #16379E

analogous

#9E3916 #9E7D16 #7B9E16

triadic

#9E7D16 #169E7D #7D169E

tetradic

#9E7D16 #169E39 #16379E #9E167B

square

#9E7D16 #169E39 #16379E #9E167B

split-complementary

#9E7D16 #167B9E #39169E

monochromatic

#332807 #68520F #9E7D16 #D4A71D #E6C049

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#9E7D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#9E7D16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7D16

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7D16	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95851D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC716B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 125, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.117 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa25f',
    500: '#9e7d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7d16;
$custom-light: #bfa25f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60486,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7D16

secondary

#4967C7

accent

#63F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7D16

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

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