#9E851E#9E851E

#9E851E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.118 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E851E
RGB	rgb(158, 133, 30)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(48, 81%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.8%, 81%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -1.00, 54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 54.43, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.24% -0.009 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(62.24% 0.118 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7237, 24.1392, 4.6905)
Luminance	0.2414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E851E #1E379E

analogous

#9E451E #9E851E #779E1E

triadic

#9E851E #1E9E85 #851E9E

tetradic

#9E851E #1E9E45 #1E379E #9E1E77

square

#9E851E #1E9E45 #1E379E #9E1E77

split-complementary

#9E851E #1E779E #451E9E

monochromatic

#372E0A #6B5A14 #9E851E #D1B028 #DFC557

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#9E851E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#9E851E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E851E

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E851E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E851E	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7A72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e851e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 133, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.118 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfa864',
    500: '#9e851e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e851e;
$custom-light: #bfa864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e851e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62237,
    "c": 0.11821,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E851E

secondary

#556AC3

accent

#5FEB3D

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#130F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E851E

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

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