#9E841A#9E841A

#9E841A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.119 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E841A
RGB	rgb(158, 132, 26)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, -0.58, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 55.43, 90.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0081 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.119 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.5396, 23.8476, 4.3929)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E841A #1A349E

analogous

#9E421A #9E841A #769E1A

triadic

#9E841A #1A9E84 #841A9E

tetradic

#9E841A #1A9E42 #1A349E #9E1A76

square

#9E841A #1A9E42 #1A349E #9E1A76

split-complementary

#9E841A #1A769E #421A9E

monochromatic

#352C09 #695811 #9E841A #D3B023 #E2C550

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#9E841A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#9E841A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E841A

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E841A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E841A	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)

#9A8922

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7871

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e841a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 132, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.119 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa762',
    500: '#9e841a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e841a;
$custom-light: #bfa762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e841a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E841A

secondary

#4F66C5

accent

#5DEE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E841A

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

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