#9E811A#9E811A

#9E811A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.118 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E811A
RGB	rgb(158, 129, 26)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 1.09, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 54.74, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(61.36% -0.0034 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(61.36% 0.118 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.1386, 23.0456, 4.2593)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E811A #1A379E

analogous

#9E3F1A #9E811A #799E1A

triadic

#9E811A #1A9E81 #811A9E

tetradic

#9E811A #1A9E3F #1A379E #9E1A79

square

#9E811A #1A9E3F #1A379E #9E1A79

split-complementary

#9E811A #1A799E #3F1A9E

monochromatic

#352B09 #695611 #9E811A #D3AC23 #E2C250

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#9E811A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#9E811A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E811A

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E811A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E811A	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	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)

#988721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC756E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e811a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 129, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.118 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa561',
    500: '#9e811a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e811a;
$custom-light: #bfa561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e811a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61356,
    "c": 0.11772,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E811A

secondary

#4F69C5

accent

#61EE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E811A

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

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