#9E8216#9E8216

#9E8216 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.120 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8216
RGB	rgb(158, 130, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(48, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 0.41, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 56.11, 89.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0057 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.12 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2293, 23.2937, 4.0842)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8216 #16329E

analogous

#9E3E16 #9E8216 #769E16

triadic

#9E8216 #169E82 #82169E

tetradic

#9E8216 #169E3E #16329E #9E1676

square

#9E8216 #169E3E #16329E #9E1676

split-complementary

#9E8216 #16769E #3E169E

monochromatic

#332A07 #68560F #9E8216 #D4AE1D #E6C549

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#9E8216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#9E8216 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8216

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8216	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98881E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC766F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 130, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.120 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa560',
    500: '#9e8216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8216;
$custom-light: #bfa560;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61551,
    "c": 0.11997,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8216

secondary

#4963C7

accent

#5CF236

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8216

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

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