#9E7E1A#9E7E1A

#9E7E1A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.116 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7E1A
RGB	rgb(158, 126, 26)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.31, 2.77, 54.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.31, 54.10, 87.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.72% 0.0014 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(60.72% 0.116 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.7492, 22.2669, 4.1295)
Luminance	0.2226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7E1A #1A3A9E

analogous

#9E3C1A #9E7E1A #7C9E1A

triadic

#9E7E1A #1A9E7E #7E1A9E

tetradic

#9E7E1A #1A9E3C #1A3A9E #9E1A7C

square

#9E7E1A #1A9E3C #1A3A9E #9E1A7C

split-complementary

#9E7E1A #1A7C9E #3C1A9E

monochromatic

#352A09 #695411 #9E7E1A #D3A823 #E2BF50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#9E7E1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.45

#9E7E1A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7E1A

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7E1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7E1A	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)

#968621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC726C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7e1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 126, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.116 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa361',
    500: '#9e7e1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7e1a;
$custom-light: #bfa361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7e1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60717,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7E1A

secondary

#4F6CC5

accent

#65EE39

background

#FCF9F6

surface

#F8F2EB

border

#D1CCC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7E1A

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

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