#9E801F#9E801F

#9E801F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.115 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E801F
RGB	rgb(158, 128, 31)
HSL	hsl(46, 67%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(46, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 80.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.87, 1.82, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.87, 52.90, 88.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0008 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.115 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.0684, 22.8078, 4.5361)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E801F #1F3D9E

analogous

#9E411F #9E801F #7D9E1F

triadic

#9E801F #1F9E80 #801F9E

tetradic

#9E801F #1F9E41 #1F3D9E #9E1F7D

square

#9E801F #1F9E41 #1F3D9E #9E1F7D

split-complementary

#9E801F #1F7D9E #411F9E

monochromatic

#382D0B #6B5715 #9E801F #D1A929 #DEBF59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#9E801F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#9E801F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E801F

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E801F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E801F	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)

#8F7E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC746E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e801f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 128, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.115 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa463',
    500: '#9e801f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e801f;
$custom-light: #bfa463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e801f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.827,
    "s": 67.196,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61171,
    "c": 0.11474,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E801F

secondary

#5670C2

accent

#66EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F3EB

border

#D1CDC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E801F

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

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