#9E801E#9E801E

#9E801E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.115 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E801E
RGB	rgb(158, 128, 30)
HSL	hsl(46, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 1.79, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 53.23, 88.08°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.001 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.115 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0554, 22.8026, 4.4677)
Luminance	0.2280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E801E #1E3C9E

analogous

#9E401E #9E801E #7C9E1E

triadic

#9E801E #1E9E80 #801E9E

tetradic

#9E801E #1E9E40 #1E3C9E #9E1E7C

square

#9E801E #1E9E40 #1E3C9E #9E1E7C

split-complementary

#9E801E #1E7C9E #401E9E

monochromatic

#372D0A #6B5614 #9E801E #D1AA28 #DFBF57

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#9E801E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#9E801E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E801E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E801E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E801E	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)

#8F7E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC746E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e801e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 128, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.115 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa463',
    500: '#9e801e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e801e;
$custom-light: #bfa463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e801e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61165,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E801E

secondary

#556FC3

accent

#66EB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F3EB

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E801E

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

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