#9E7F16#9E7F16

#9E7F16 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.118 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E7F16
RGB	rgb(158, 127, 22)
HSL	hsl(46, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(46, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.56, 2.09, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.56, 55.47, 87.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.91% -0.0009 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(60.91% 0.118 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.8361, 22.5072, 3.9531)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E7F16 #16359E

analogous

#9E3B16 #9E7F16 #799E16

triadic

#9E7F16 #169E7F #7F169E

tetradic

#9E7F16 #169E3B #16359E #9E1679

square

#9E7F16 #169E3B #16359E #9E1679

split-complementary

#9E7F16 #16799E #3B169E

monochromatic

#332907 #68540F #9E7F16 #D4AA1D #E6C249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#9E7F16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#9E7F16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E7F16

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E7F16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E7F16	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F7D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96861E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC736C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e7f16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 127, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.118 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa35f',
    500: '#9e7f16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e7f16;
$custom-light: #bfa35f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e7f16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6091,
    "c": 0.11834,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E7F16

secondary

#4966C7

accent

#61F236

background

#FCFAF5

surface

#F8F3EA

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E7F16

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

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