#9E7D1A#9E7D1A

#9E7D1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.116 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7D1A
RGB	rgb(158, 125, 26)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, 3.33, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 53.90, 86.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.003 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.116 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.6220, 22.0124, 4.0871)
Luminance	0.2201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7D1A #1A3B9E

analogous

#9E3B1A #9E7D1A #7D9E1A

triadic

#9E7D1A #1A9E7D #7D1A9E

tetradic

#9E7D1A #1A9E3B #1A3B9E #9E1A7D

square

#9E7D1A #1A9E3B #1A3B9E #9E1A7D

split-complementary

#9E7D1A #1A7D9E #3B1A9E

monochromatic

#352A09 #695311 #9E7D1A #D3A723 #E2BE50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#9E7D1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#9E7D1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7D1A

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7D1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7D1A	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)

#958520

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC716B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7d1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 125, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.116 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa261',
    500: '#9e7d1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7d1a;
$custom-light: #bfa261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7d1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60506,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7D1A

secondary

#4F6CC5

accent

#67EE39

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7D1A

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

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