#9E8016#9E8016

#9E8016 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.119 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8016
RGB	rgb(158, 128, 22)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(47, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.83, 1.53, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.83, 55.68, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(61.12% -0.0025 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(61.12% 0.119 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9659, 22.7668, 3.9964)
Luminance	0.2276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8016 #16349E

analogous

#9E3C16 #9E8016 #789E16

triadic

#9E8016 #169E80 #80169E

tetradic

#9E8016 #169E3C #16349E #9E1678

square

#9E8016 #169E3C #16349E #9E1678

split-complementary

#9E8016 #16789E #3C169E

monochromatic

#332907 #68540F #9E8016 #D4AC1D #E6C349

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#9E8016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.55

#9E8016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8016

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8016	1.00	3.78	5.55	5.55
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97871E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 128, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.119 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa460',
    500: '#9e8016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8016;
$custom-light: #bfa460;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.765,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61124,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8016

secondary

#4965C7

accent

#5FF236

background

#FCFAF5

surface

#F8F3EA

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8016

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

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