#9E8516#9E8516

#9E8516 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.122 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E8516
RGB	rgb(158, 133, 22)
HSL	hsl(49, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(49, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 86.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.19, -1.25, 56.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.19, 56.80, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0104 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.122 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6342, 24.1034, 4.2192)
Luminance	0.2410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E8516 #162F9E

analogous

#9E4116 #9E8516 #739E16

triadic

#9E8516 #169E85 #85169E

tetradic

#9E8516 #169E41 #162F9E #9E1673

square

#9E8516 #169E41 #162F9E #9E1673

split-complementary

#9E8516 #16739E #41169E

monochromatic

#332B07 #68580F #9E8516 #D4B21D #E6C949

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9E8516 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#9E8516 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E8516

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E8516	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E8516	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8A1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7971

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e8516;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 133, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.122 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa860',
    500: '#9e8516',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e8516;
$custom-light: #bfa860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e8516",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.971,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62197,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E8516

secondary

#4960C7

accent

#58F236

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F05

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E8516

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

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