#9E8116#9E8116

#9E8116 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.119 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8116
RGB	rgb(158, 129, 22)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(47, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 0.97, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 55.89, 89.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.34% -0.0041 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(61.34% 0.119 92)
XYZ	xyz(22.0970, 23.0290, 4.0401)
Luminance	0.2303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8116 #16339E

analogous

#9E3D16 #9E8116 #779E16

triadic

#9E8116 #169E81 #81169E

tetradic

#9E8116 #169E3D #16339E #9E1677

square

#9E8116 #169E3D #16339E #9E1677

split-complementary

#9E8116 #16779E #3D169E

monochromatic

#332907 #68550F #9E8116 #D4AD1D #E6C449

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#9E8116 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#9E8116 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8116

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8116	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8116	1.00	3.75	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#917F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98871E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8116;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 129, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.119 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa560',
    500: '#9e8116',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8116;
$custom-light: #bfa560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8116",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61337,
    "c": 0.11941,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.23028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8116

secondary

#4964C7

accent

#5EF236

background

#FCFAF5

surface

#F8F4EA

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8116

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

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