#9E8416#9E8416

#9E8416 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.121 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8416
RGB	rgb(158, 132, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(49, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -0.70, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 56.57, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(61.98% -0.0088 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(61.98% 0.121 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.4980, 23.8309, 4.1737)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8416 #16309E

analogous

#9E4016 #9E8416 #749E16

triadic

#9E8416 #169E84 #84169E

tetradic

#9E8416 #169E40 #16309E #9E1674

square

#9E8416 #169E40 #16309E #9E1674

split-complementary

#9E8416 #16749E #40169E

monochromatic

#332A07 #68570F #9E8416 #D4B11D #E6C849

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#9E8416 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#9E8416 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8416

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8416	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8416	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A891F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8416;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 132, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.121 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa760',
    500: '#9e8416',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8416;
$custom-light: #bfa760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8416",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61982,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8416

secondary

#4961C7

accent

#5AF236

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8416

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

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