#9E851A#9E851A

#9E851A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.120 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E851A
RGB	rgb(158, 133, 26)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 83.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -1.13, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 55.68, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% -0.0097 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.12 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.6758, 24.1201, 4.4384)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E851A #1A339E

analogous

#9E431A #9E851A #759E1A

triadic

#9E851A #1A9E85 #851A9E

tetradic

#9E851A #1A9E43 #1A339E #9E1A75

square

#9E851A #1A9E43 #1A339E #9E1A75

split-complementary

#9E851A #1A759E #431A9E

monochromatic

#352D09 #695911 #9E851A #D3B123 #E2C750

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#9E851A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#9E851A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E851A

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E851A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E851A	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)

#9A8A22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e851a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 133, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.120 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa862',
    500: '#9e851a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e851a;
$custom-light: #bfa862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e851a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62216,
    "c": 0.12011,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E851A

secondary

#4F65C5

accent

#5CEE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E851A

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

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