#9E7E16#9E7E16

#9E7E16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.118 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7E16
RGB	rgb(158, 126, 22)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(46, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.29, 2.65, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.29, 55.27, 87.25°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% 0.0007 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.118 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7076, 22.2502, 3.9103)
Luminance	0.2225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7E16 #16369E

analogous

#9E3A16 #9E7E16 #7A9E16

triadic

#9E7E16 #169E7E #7E169E

tetradic

#9E7E16 #169E3A #16369E #9E167A

square

#9E7E16 #169E3A #16369E #9E167A

split-complementary

#9E7E16 #167A9E #3A169E

monochromatic

#332807 #68530F #9E7E16 #D4A91D #E6C149

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#9E7E16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#9E7E16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7E16

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7E16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7E16	1.00	3.85	5.45	5.45
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96851E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC726B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7e16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 126, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.118 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa35f',
    500: '#9e7e16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7e16;
$custom-light: #bfa35f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7e16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60698,
    "c": 0.11785,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7E16

secondary

#4967C7

accent

#62F236

background

#FCF9F5

surface

#F8F2EA

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7E16

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

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