#9E801A#9E801A

#9E801A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.117 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E801A
RGB	rgb(158, 128, 26)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.85, 1.65, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.85, 54.52, 88.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.14% -0.0018 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(61.14% 0.117 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.0075, 22.7835, 4.2156)
Luminance	0.2278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E801A #1A389E

analogous

#9E3E1A #9E801A #7A9E1A

triadic

#9E801A #1A9E80 #801A9E

tetradic

#9E801A #1A9E3E #1A389E #9E1A7A

square

#9E801A #1A9E3E #1A389E #9E1A7A

split-complementary

#9E801A #1A7A9E #3E1A9E

monochromatic

#352B09 #695511 #9E801A #D3AB23 #E2C150

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#9E801A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#9E801A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E801A

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E801A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E801A	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#907E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e801a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 128, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.117 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa461',
    500: '#9e801a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e801a;
$custom-light: #bfa461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e801a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61143,
    "c": 0.11717,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.22782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E801A

secondary

#4F6AC5

accent

#62EE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F3EB

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E801A

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

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