#9E831A#9E831A

#9E831A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.119 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E831A
RGB	rgb(158, 131, 26)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.66, -0.02, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.66, 55.20, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.0066 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.119 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4046, 23.5777, 4.3480)
Luminance	0.2358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E831A #1A359E

analogous

#9E411A #9E831A #779E1A

triadic

#9E831A #1A9E83 #831A9E

tetradic

#9E831A #1A9E41 #1A359E #9E1A77

square

#9E831A #1A9E41 #1A359E #9E1A77

split-complementary

#9E831A #1A779E #411A9E

monochromatic

#352C09 #695711 #9E831A #D3AF23 #E2C450

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#9E831A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#9E831A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E831A

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E831A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E831A	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7770

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e831a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 131, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.119 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa662',
    500: '#9e831a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e831a;
$custom-light: #bfa662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e831a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61785,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E831A

secondary

#4F67C5

accent

#5EEE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E831A

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

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