#9E8316#9E8316

#9E8316 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.121 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8316
RGB	rgb(158, 131, 22)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(48, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.65, -0.14, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.65, 56.34, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.0072 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.121 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.3630, 23.5610, 4.1288)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8316 #16319E

analogous

#9E3F16 #9E8316 #759E16

triadic

#9E8316 #169E83 #83169E

tetradic

#9E8316 #169E3F #16319E #9E1675

square

#9E8316 #169E3F #16319E #9E1675

split-complementary

#9E8316 #16759E #3F169E

monochromatic

#332A07 #68560F #9E8316 #D4B01D #E6C649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#9E8316 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#9E8316 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8316

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8316	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8316	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99891F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8316;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 131, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.121 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa660',
    500: '#9e8316',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8316;
$custom-light: #bfa660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8316",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61766,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8316

secondary

#4962C7

accent

#5BF236

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8316

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

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